MORMONISM 

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Thomas  Philip  Marshall 


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Mormonism  Exposed 

BY 

THOMAS  PHILIP  MARSHALL 

EX-ELDER  OF  THE  UTAH 
MORMON  CHURCH, 

WITH 

The  Secret  Workings,  Washings,  Anointings 
and  Ceremonies  performed  in 
their  Temples, 

TOGETHER 

With  the  secret  signs,  grips  and  their  names  by 
which  they  can  make  themselves  known 
to  one  another,  either  in  crowds,  or 
walking  along  the  streets 
of  our  cities. 


-ALSO- 


The  horrible  and  barbarous  punishment  inflicted 
upon  all  who  dare  to  divulge  these 
secrets  outside  theiS  ' , 
temple  wallg^v*' 


Oh!  may  all  things  herein  contained, 

Be  swallowed  with  a thirst  fpr  more, 

Of  great  truths  from  the  world  detained. 

Through  chicanery  of  false  pfnp^ts,’ ^ore. 


1919 


The  proceeds  accruing  from  the  sale  of  this  book  will  be  appro- 
priated for  the  promulgation  of  the  Gospel  of  Jesus  Christ  throughout 
the  world. 

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Copyright  1908,  by  THOMAS  PHILIP  MARSHALL. 

Registered  in  the  Office  of  the  Librarian  of 
Congress,  Washington,  D.  C. 


PREFACE. 

Dear  reader,  I fully  realize  the  mag- 
nitude of  my  undertaking  to  expose 
the  fraud  and  deception  of  this  fallen  peo- 
ple, whose  number  is,  I presume,  about 
800,000  strong,  devoted  as  they  are  to 
their  religious  rituals,  instituted  by  their 
leaders,  in  order  to  deceive  the  world 
and  evade  the  laws  of  the  land  in  which 
they  dwell  in  all  civilized  countries,  even 
the  heathen  and  semi-civilized  pbrtions 
of  the  earth,  wherever  their  doctrines 
have  been  promulgated  by  their  elders 
and  properly  understood  by  the  natives, 
it  becomes  obnoxious  to  them  when 
compared  with  their  Mohammed,  Budda, 
Confucious  and  Shinto  systems  of  re- 
ligion. How  much  more,  then,  does  its 
stench  arise  into  the  nostrils  of  the  fol- 
lowers of  the  meek  and  lowly  Nazarine, 
whose  teachings  and  example  given 
throughout  His  pure  and  holy  life  have 
been  quoted  and  admired  by  all  isms  in 
whatever  country  they  may  be,  at  home 
or  abroad. 

The  anger  of  the  Great  Jehovah  is  now 
kindled  against  them,  and  unless  they 
repent,  the  time  is  now  ripe  for  their 
downfall  and  destruction,  their  days  are 
numbered,  their  times  are  in  the  hands 


of  God,  who,  unless  they  repent,  will 
visit  them  with  fierce  and  swift  de- 
struction. 

This  book  is  dedicated  to  the  glory  and 
honor  of  God  that  His  “will  may  be 
done  on  earth  as  it  is  in  heaven,”  and 
as  a voice  of  warning  to  this  fallen  peo- 
ple that  their  dark  and  diabolical  deeds 
are  exposed  to  the  world  by  one  who  is 
willing  to  bear  the  wrath  and  indignation 
of  a cruel  people  whose  crimes  now  cry 
cut  unto  the  Lord  for  vengeance. 

The  abuse  of  the  Mormon  world  may 
be  hurled  against  the  v/riter,  but  he 
regards  it  not — even  death  itself — so 
long  as  this  book  fills  its  mission  and 
carries  conviction  to  the  souls  of  this 
deluded  and  fallen  people,  who  are 
blinded  by  theory  and  lost  to  the  prac- 
tice of  true  holiness  before  the  Lord. 
This  end  being  accomplished,  the  writer 
is  willing  to  depart  in  peace,  leaving 
others  more  able,  but  not  more  willing, 
to  “offer  up  their  bodies  as  a living  sac- 
rifice to  God,  which  is  our  reasonable 
service/’  through  the  exposure  of  Mor- 
nvonism.  May  this  book  be  the  means 
of  doing  much  good  and  cause  many 
Mormons  and  non-Mormons  to  think 
and  thereby  draw  nearer,  still  nearer,  my 
God,  to  Thee. 


INTRODUCTION. 

The  object  of  this  book  is  to  make 
known  to  the  world  the  secret  workings 
carried  on  inside  the  Mormon  temples 
with  their  closed  doors  and  thick  walls, 
strongly  and  safely  guarded  against 
intrusion,  for  they  make  their  boast  that 
the  foot  of  an  unbeliever,  either  in  spir- 
itual or  physical  life,  has  never  trod 
upon  their  floors,  nor  never  shall,  not  even 
to  clean,  dust  or  repair  the  interior  of 
the  premises. 

This  we  know  to  be  true,  for  there 
are  many  good  people  who  call  themselves 
Mormons — that  is,  they  believe  in  Mor- 
monism  as  taught  to  the  outside  world, 
but  know  nothing  of  Mormonism  as 
taught  in  their  temples,  of  which  they 
have  four,  built  at  a cost  of  from  one  to 
four  million  dollars  each.  The  temple  at 
Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  is  said  to  have  cost 
about  four  million  dollars. 

No  preaching  of  the  gospel  or  expo- 
sitions of  the  Scriptures  are  conducted 
within  its  (sacred)  whlls.  They  claim 
the  work  performed  there  is  for  the  “liv- 
ing and  the  dead” ; hence  the  secrecy  of 
their  doings. 


Most  of  the  male  members,  after  a 
rigid  examination,  pass  through  the  sev- 
eral grades  or  degrees  of  the  Aaronic 
priesthood,  priesthood  meaning  authority 
from  the  Lord.  In  this  priesthood  there 
are  three  degrees,  and  they  are  raised 
from  deacon  to  teacher,  then  priest,  and, 
if  found  proficient  in  all  respects,  they 
are  ordained  tc  theMelchisedec  priesthood, 
which  they  claim  to  be  the  highest  of  all, 
it  being  conferred  by  the  Father  upon 
His  Son,  as  mentioned  in  Heb.  5,  10th 
verse. 

These  ordinations  take  place  outside 
the  temples  when  raised  to  eldership — 
that  is,  to  the  Melchisedec  priesthood — 
there  being  only  one  degree,  but  many 
offices,  in  said  priesthood,  and  after  un- 
dergoing another  examination  by  the 
bishop  and  receiving  credentials  from 
him  they  are  admitted  into  the  temple, 
and  each  elder  can  then  take  with  him  a 
female,  wife,  mother,  sister  or  any  female 
relative  of  the  same  faith  as  taught  to 
the  outside  world. 

It  is  not  the  purpose  of  this  book  to 
criticise  their  outside  teachings  before 
the  world,  for  their  literature  is  broad- 
cast over  the  land,  some  of  which  appear 
to  bear  fair  comparison  with  that  of 
’other  sects  and  denominations.  Of  these 
we  shall  speak  in  our  next  edition,  which 
will  be  on  a more  comprehensive  and 
larger  scale.  The  sole  object  of  this 
book  is  to  let  the  world  know  who  and 


what  Mormons  are,  not  what  they  seem 
to  be.  The  inside  teachings  given  in  the 
temples,  not  the  outside  teachings  given 
to  the  world. 

The  reader  of  this  book  can  rely  with 
implicit  confidence  that  nothing  but  the 
truth  is  here  aimed  at,  and  that,  too,  with- 
out coloring  so  as  to  make  it  pleasing  to 
the  ear  or  horrible  to  the  spiritual  na- 
ture oif  men.  The  writer  has  many 
good  friends  among  them,  and  would  to 
God,  the  Eternal  Father  of  all,  that  they 
would  awake  to  a full  realization  of  their 
condition  in  the  sight  of  Almighty  God 
and  not  be  surprised  at  the  Judgment  Day 
that  their  names  were  not  written  in  the 
Lamb’s  Book  of  Life,  as  described  by 
John  the  Revelator. 

“May  my  right  hand  forget  its  skill,” 

To  use  the  pen  or  pencil  at  will, 

Should  I e’er  fail  men  to  impress 
With  dangers  of  the  soul’s  distress. 

“May  my  tongue  rest  within  its  head, 
Mute  as  the  voices  of  the  dead,’’ 

If  from  the  world  it  longer  he  concealed, 
The  ways  of  God  to  me  revealed. 

Dear  reader,  you  may  say  that  my  ef- 
forts are  futile;  to  put  myself,  single- 
handed  against  about  800,000  people  is 
but  foolhardy.  To  this  I will  say,  No. 
“The  race  is  not  to  the  swift  nor  the  bat- 
tle to  the  strong.”  “If  the  Lord  be  for 
us  who  can  be  against  us?” 

We  care  not  what  men  may  say  or  do 
while  the  Lord  is  on  our  side.  The  bat- 


tie  is  on.  This  is  the  first  gun  fired 
against  the  stronghold  of  the  powers 
of  darkness,  and  while  it  may  be  si- 
lenced before  the  fortress  falls  and  the 
enemy  be  subdued,  there  are  millic^ns 
more  to  keep  up  the  cannonading.  The 
firing  shall  never  cease,  nor  shall  we  call 
for  a flag  of  truce  until  the  armies  of  the 
Lord  our  God  shall  gain  the  victory  for 
His  Christ,  the  Captain  if  our  salva- 
tion, in  the  very  near  future,  when  out 
of  the  ashes  of  Mormonism  truth  shall 
arise  and  shine  forth  in  its  native  splen- 
dor bright  and  glorious  as  the  morning 
star. 

It  is  not  with  what  men  have  been, 
but  with  what  they  now  are,  that  we 
have  to  deal,  and  to  accomplish  this  end 
we  must  trace  the  history  of  the  Mormon 
Church  from  its  infancy  down  to  the  pres- 
ent time,  which  includes  a period  of  about 
seventy-eight  years.  As  said  before,  it  is 
net  the  mission  of  this  book  to  criticise 
their  outside  teachings,  except  in  a few 
cases  where  it  may  be  deemed  necessary 
in  order  to  observe  the  line  of  demarca- 
tion which  separates  the  real  from  the 
supposed  truth,  and  to  this  end  may  the 
Divine  Spirit  be  our  guide.  Amen. 


MORMONISM  EXPOSED. 


The  Writers  Experience  and  Earnest 
Desire. 

As  the  lightning’s  flash  purifies  the  air,  and 
purges  it  from  all  atmospheric  impurities,  so 
religious  thought  ennobles  and  beautifies  the 
soul  and  reflects  back  its  rays  through  the 
eyes  and  countenance  of  men  and  women. 

The  writer  being  an  ex-elder  of  the 
Utah  Mormon  Church  places  him  in  a 
position  to  know  the  teaching  of  said 
church,  both  in  and  out  of  the  temple, 
for  both  are  diametrically  opposed  to 
each  other.  The  Mormon  elders  are, 
in  general,  a good  disposed  class  of  very 
intelligent  young  men,  who  in  all  prob- 
ability had  never  been  in  the  temple  but 
one  time,  and  that  for  the  purpose  of 
obtaining  their  endowments  and  receiv- 
ing instructions  as  to  what  to  do,  how  to 
act  and  what  to  teach  when  out  on  the 
two  years’  or  more  mission ; therefore 
the  other  acts  and  scenes  in  the  religious 
drama  were  but  little  thought  of  and 
soon  vanished  from  the  minds  as  a 
thing  of  the  past,  not  realizing  the  full 
import  of  their  meaning,  for  strict  in- 
junctions are  given  them  to  follow  the 
rules  laid  down  or  suffer  the  penalty  at- 


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tached  for  - non-compliance  with  their 
obligations,  namely,  called  in  and  given 
a dishonorable  discharge,  thereby  placing 
them  in  utter  contempt  with  their  asso- 
ciates and  lowering  them  in  the  estima- 
tion of  their  people.  Were  it  not  for 
this,  there  would  be  many  desertions 
from  their  ranks.  They  are  so  in- 
ured into  their  faise  teachings  and  the  dog- 
mas of  their  superiors  that  they  follow  on  in 
docile  submission  without  a murmur,  be- 
lieving that  the  ceremonies,  washings, 
anointings,  vows  and,  horrible  punish- 
ments inflicted  by  the  hand  of  God  and 
man  while  in  the  body  and  out  of  the 
body  upon  all  who  violate  them.  These 
supposed  revelations  coming  from  the 
Lord  are  so  solemnly  impressed  upon 
the  minds,  as  they  once  were  upon  the 
writers,  as  to  deter  and  appal  the  stout- 
est heart,  who  know  not  that  it  is  only 
a solemn  mockery,  framed  through  the 
desire  and  deep  laid  schemes  fostered 
and  matured  in  the  prolific  minds  of 
Brigham  Young  and  his  predecessor,  Jo- 
seph Smith. 

The  - writer’s  most  earnest  desire  is  to 
broadcast  this  book  far  and  near  in  hope 
that  a copy  may  fall  into  the  hands  of 
every  Mormon  elder  on  or  off  the  Church 
mission,  ponder  well  over  its  contents,  and 
if  out  on  the  mission,  go  back  to  Utah,  that 
beautiful  city,  Salt  Lake,  enter  the  tern- 


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pie  and  refresh  their  meories,  then 
make  comparison  with  this  book,  at  the 
same  time  paying  strict  attention  to  every 
act  and  scene  in  the  religious  farce ; then 
return  to  their  private  chambers  at  their 
homes  and  take  the  whole  to  the  Lord 
in  prayer,  saying,  My  God,  Oh,  my  God! 
Art  Thou  a kind  and  affectionate  Fa- 
ther who  hast  sent  Thy  beloved  Son  Je- 
sus Christ  into  the  world  to  save  sinners, 
and  the  history  of  His  life  and  teach- 
ings show  Him  to  be  meek  and  lowly 
and  full  of  compassion  for  all  men,  or 
art  Thou  such  a terrible  Father  as  to 
inflict  the  cruel,  brutal  and  degrading 
punishments  upon  Thy  children  as  our 
supposed  prophets  claim  they  received  by 
revelation  from  Thee,  to  chastise  and  put 
to  death  any  and  all  of  Thy  children 
who  dare  oppose  Thy  will  by  making 
these  things  known. 

After  due  consideration  of  these  things 
and  good  , honest-hearted,  fervent  prayer, 
they  will  be  better  and  wiser  men.  May 
they  think,  as  the  writer  did,  and  not  be 
guided  by  priestcraft,  allowing  others  to 
think  for  'them,  and  dare  not  say,  nay, 
you  are  wrong. 

Now,  dear  reader,  and  fellow-travel- 
er  on  the  way,  for  your  own  sake  and 
that  of  all  you  hold  most  dear,  do  not 
give  this  a cursory  reading  and  then 
throw  it  away  without  meditation  over 


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its  contents.  Leave  prejudice  for  or 
against  the  Mormon  people  aside,  and 
judge  with  a righteous  judgment.  You 
will  profit  thereby. 

THE  REAL  BUT  NOT  SUPPOSED 

Blessed  be  the  man  who  can  see  clear, 

The  beauties  of  the  celestial  sphere, 

And  comprehend  the  ways  of  God; 

Revealed  to  men  from  that  abode. 

Dear  reader,  in  a book  like  this  we 
cannot  give  an  elaborate  history  of  the 
origin  of  the  Mormon  Church  and  its 
founders  in  full  detail,  but  in  a brief  and 
concise  manner  state  facts  without  prej- 
udice for  or  against  that  deluded  people, 
who,  through  lack  of  a thorough  inves- 
tigation into  its  origin  and  the  circum- 
stances which  enabled  its  leaders  to 
formulate  (their  plans  and  promulgate 
their  doctrines  so  as  to  bind  the  little 
band  of  adherents  and  hold  them  to- 
gether in  unity,  at  least  for  a short  pe- 
riod of  time,  before  schisms,  dissensions 
and  divisions  separated  them  into  fac- 
tions, each  contending  one  against  ;an- 
other  during  the  whole  period  of  its 
seventy-eight  years  of  existence  down  to 
the  present  time.  Out  of  the  many  fac- 
tions into  which  it  has  been  divided,  about 
sixteen  in  all,  the  two  leading  ones, 
namely,  the  Brighamites  and  Josephites, 
have  become  powerful  factors  in  the 
present  day,  especially  the  Brighamites, 


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who  have  now  about  2,000  missionaries 
in  the  field  covering  all  countries  and 
the  islands  of  the  seas. 

We  only  ask  you  for  a careful  read- 
ing of  this  book  and  an  impartial  con- 
sideration of  its  contents,  before  render- 
ing judgment  for  or  against  the  people 
or  the  writer;  the  sole  object  being  to 
throw  light  upon  all  who  seek  after 
truth,  in  order  that  they  may  see  their  way 
to  approach  the  line  of  demarcation 
which  divides  the  real  from  the  supposed 
truth  and  thereby  bring  them  to  a knowl- 
edge of  things  as  they  are,  not  as  they 
appear  to  be,  that  is  truth  and  “truth 
shall  make  you  free”  from  the  doctrines, 
commandments  and  dogmas  of  men. 

ORIGIN  OF  THE  MORMON  CHURCH.. 

The  Mormon  Church  was  first  organ- 
ized in  the  State  of  New  York,  U.  S.  A., 
on  the  6th  day  of  April,  1830,  under  the 
leadership  of  a stalwart,  religious  and  in- 
telligent young  man,  Joseph  Smith,  a 
farmer,  possessed  of  very  strong  and 
sensitive  mediumistic  powers,  who,  at 
that  time  was,  and  now  is,  acknowledged 
by  his  followers  as  a prophet  of  the  Ford. 
He  gave  the  church  organized  by  him 
the  name,  “Church  of  Jesus  Christ  of  Lat- 
ter Day  Saints:”  The  words  “latter 
day ” being  added  to  distinguish  it  from 
the  former  day  saints  organized  by 


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Christ  and  His  chosen  apostles  on  the 
Eastern  continent. 

Joseph  Smith’s  spiritual  guide  being 
one  of  the  last  of  a long  line  of 
good  and  religious  men,  who  inhabited 
the  American  continent  for  centuries  be- 
fore and  immediately  after  the  time  of 
Christ,  was  placed  in  charge  of  the  rec- 
ords containing  the  history  of  his  people 
and  handed  down  from  one  generjatiojn 
to  another  during  their  sojourn  on  the 
American  continent.  The  records  being 
so  voluminous,  his  father  Mormon  made 
an  abridgement  of  them,  and  at  his  death 
handed  them  over  to  his  son  Moroni,  who. 
before  his  death  buried  them  in  the  side  of 
a hill  called  Cumora,  situated  near  Palmyra, 
Wayne  County,  State  of  New  York,  U. 
•S.  A.  So  said  Joseph  Smith.  He  being 
very  sensitive  and  of  strong  mediumistic 
powers,  as  we  have  said  before,  Moroni 
had  no  difficulty  in  opening  up  to  Jo- 
seph’s view  a vision  of  the  place  where 
they  lay  buried  by  the  hand  of  Moroni, 
son  of  Mormon,  who  condensed  them. 
So  Joseph  knew  the  place  when  pre- 
sented in  a vision  before  him,  because  it 
was  near  his  own  home,  and  on  the  fol- 
lowing day  he  went  and  marked  the  spot, 
so  as  it  could  be  easily  found  by  him 
when  the  time  arrived  for  their  removal ; 
for  Moroni  appeared  before  him,  and 
would  not  permit  him  to  remove  the 


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plates  at  that  time,  he  not  being  ready  for 
their  reception. 

Moroni  was  not  an  angel,  as  believed 
•by  the  Mormons,  nor  never  shall  be,  be- 
cause an  angel  is  a spirit  that  never  had 
nor  never  shall  have  a material  body. 
Moroni  having  had  an  earthly  taber- 
nacle, consequently  he  cannot  be  an  an- 
gel ; and  as  to  the  plates,  it  is  claimed 
they  were  of  gold  of  uniform  thickness, 
and  the  engravings  to  be  found  thereon 
to  be  bright  and  clear  . Science  claims  that 
gold  will  corrode  if  not  used  for  a lesser 
time  than  1,400  years,  the  time  the  plates 
lay  buried.  As  to  the  truth  or  falsity  of 
the  Mormon  claim,  the  writer  leaves  it 
with  the  reader  to  be  the  judge. 

TRANSLATION  OF  THE  BOOK  OF 
MORMON. 

The  book  of  Mormon  was  not  trans- 
lated by  the  use  of  an  instrument,  they 
claim  was  found  with  the  plates,  called 
the  Urim  and  Thummim,  by  the  use  of 
which,  through  the  gift  and  power  of 
God  given  to  Joseph  Smith,  the  book 
was  translated  into  the  English  language. 
It  was  translated  by  the  spirits  of  those 
who  wrote  it.  We  are  now  speaking  of 
incidents  of  the  present  generation,  and 
it  is  almost  universally  admitted  that 
spirits  can  and  do  control  the  actions  of 
men  and  women  by  what  is  called  inspi- 


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ration,  reincarnation  and  reinhabitation. 
The  writer  of  the  book  of  Mormon,  which 
they  claim  lay  buried  1,400  years,  by  tak- 
ing- possession  of  Joseph  Smith’s  organs 
of  speech,  uttered  the  words  in  English, 
and  Martin  Harris  wrote  them  down  as 
dictated  by  the  spirit  which  utilized  Jo- 
seph Smith’s  organs  of  speech.  You  may 
call  this  by  whatever  name  you  please. 
It  is  manifested  and  demonstrated  by 
hundreds  of  men  and  women  in  this  City 
of  St.  Louis  and  others  throughout  the 
world.  It  is  a daily  occurrence  witnessed 
by  the  writer.  It  is  acknowledged  by 
science  and  demonstrated  by  thousands 
of  earth’s  inhabitants.  It  is  acknowledged 
in  the  Old  and  New  Testaments,  and  is 
the  leading  power  of  the  world  with  its 
scientific  achivements  apart  from  the 
god  of  the  world  (mammon).  Hence  the 
admonition  of  Paul,  “Try  the  spirits,”  is 
very  applicable  to  the  true  followers  of 
the  lowly  Nazarine,  for  many  who  are 
influenced  or  controlled  by  spirits  other 
than  their  own  claim  that  it  is  the  Holy 
Ghost  operating  upon  their  minds  and 
bodies.  If  that  be  so,  then  there  is  more 
than  one  Holy  Ghost,  for  it  seems  they 
all  teach  and  preach  different  doctrines, 
if  doctrines  you  may  call  them.  Of  these, 
I say,  beware.  There  is  only  one  God, 
the  Great  Eternal  Father, ' who  created 
you;  one  Son,  the  Lord  Jesus,  the  Christ, 


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who  redeemed  you,  and  one  Divine 
Spirit,  or  Holy  Ghost,  who  sanctifieth 
you.  Yet  there  are  many  who  believe 
this — the  Mormons  do — but  they  have  not 
the  power  of  discernment  to  distinguish 
the  difference  between  a prophet  of  the 
Great  Eternal  God  and  that  of  , one  of  the 
gods  of  Baal,  or  of  the  world;  therefore 
they  accept  anything  given  them  by 
a good,  religious  spirit,  and  place  their 
stamp  upon  it  as  a revelation  from  the 
Angelic  or  Celestial  spheres,  sent  to  them 
as  messengers  of  the  Great  Jehovah. 

If  Joseph  Smith  was  a true  prophet, 
seer  and  revelator,  sent  by  the  Lord,  that 
through  his  instrumentality  he  might 
bring  the  world  to  a true  knowledge  of 
the  Scriptures,  I ask,  why  did  he  write 
thirteen  articles  of  faith  and  attach  his 
signature  to  them,  and  in  the  second  of 
these  deny  the  teachings  of  Christ  and 
His  chosen  disciples  and  set  the  exam- 
ple for  all  mankind  to  follow? 

The  second  article  reads  thus:  “We 

believe  that  men  will  be  punished  for 
their  own  sins,  and  not  for  Adam’s  trans- 
gression.” This  means  that  we  are  not 
baptized  ‘for  the  remission  of  original 
sin,  but  simply  for  our  own  transgres- 
sions. If  that  be  so,  then  the  vicarious 
sacrifice  offered  by  our  blessed  Lord  was 
not  complete,  as  we  must  enter  the  pres- 
ence of  God,  the  Father,  with  the  orig- 


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MORMONISM  EXPOSED. 


inal  sin  still  hanging  over  us  for  con- 
demnation. Consequently  we  must  be 
debarred  from  entering  that  place  called 
heaven,  as  nothing  impure  can  enter 
therein.  And  the  last  article  reads:  “We 
believe  in  being  honest,  true  chaste, 
benevolent,  virtuous,  and  in  doing  good  to 
all  men ; indeed,  we  may  say  that  we  fol- 
low the  admonition  of  Paul,  We  believe 
all  things,  we  hope  all  things.’  We  have 
endured  many  things  and  hope  to  be 
able  to  endure  all  things.  If  there  is 
anything  virtuous,  lovely,  or  of  good 
report,  or  praiseworthy,  we  seek  after 
these  things.”  Ye  must  give  credit  to  the 
.Josephites,  that  is,  the  followers  of  their 
supposed  prophet,  Joseph  Smith,  for 
their  adherence  to  this  article,  and  not 
practice  polygamy  as  taught  by  the 
Brig'hamites  in  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  and 
elsewhere. 

BRIGPIAM  YOUNG. 

* 

After  the  death  of  their  leader,  Joseph 
Smith,  which  occurred  at  Carthage  Jail, 
Illinois,  on  the  21st  day  of  October, 
1844 — the  Josephites,  and  Brighamites 
altered  it  to  June  27th — when  an  angry 
mob  demanded  justice  from  the  courts 
of  the  land,  but  failed  to  obtain  any  sat- 
isfaction. After  releasing  Joseph  Smith 
from  prison  about  thirty-seven  times, 
the  mob  became  so  incensed  at  his  teach- 


MORMONISM  EXPOSED.  19 

ings  that  they  demanded  his  body.  The 
prison  doors  being  closed,  they  fired 
through  the  windows  of  the  room  in 
which  he  and  his  brother,  Hyram,  were 
placed.  Joseph  Wient  deliberately  to  the 
window  and  threw  himself  out  upon  the 
crowd  below,  thereby  committing  suicide. 
You  know  the  penalty  of  the  Lord  in- 
flicted upon  all  who  commit  this  rash 
act  against  their  own  lives  or  the  life  of 
another.  I point  out  these  things,  not  to 
bring  reproach  upon  the  name  of  that 
good  man,  but  to  show  that  he  was  not 
a prophet  of  the  Great  Jehovah,  nor  did 
he  translate  the  book  of  Mormon  by  the 
means  presented  to  the  world  and  ac- 
cepted by  his  followers. 

Brigham  Young,  being  one  of  the  first 
followers  of  Joseph  Smith  and  holding  a 
high  office  in  the  church  at  the  time  of 
Joseph’s  death,  assumed  the  reins  of 
government,  and  took  upon  himself  the 
power  and  authority  of  prophet, 
through  the  supposed  power  of  the  Holy 
Ghost,  led  his  little  band  of  fol- 
lowers, comprising  148  souls,  o-f  men, 
women  and  children,  from  the  Missouri 
River  across  the  western  plains  in  the 
year  1847,  and  halted  at  Salt  Lake,  Utah, 
on  the  24th  day  of  July  of  the  same  year. 
Mr.  Young,  being  a shrewd,  clever  and 
energetic  man,  soon  built  up  a flourish- 
ing city,  and  laid  the  foundation  for  a 


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MORMONISM  EXPOSED. 


temple,  the  pattern  of  which  he  claimed 
was  revealed  to  him  from  heaven. 

Much  credit  is  due  him  in  laying  out 
of  the  city,  with  its  broad  streets,  sani- 
tary conditions,  magnificent  dwellings 
and  places  of  amusement,  which,  no 
doubt,  any  ordinary  man  of  taste  and 
brains  could  easily  have  achieved  under 
similar  conditions  and  circumstances, 
which  proved  favorable  to  him  at  that 
time ; for  instance,  the  gold  fields  of  Col- 
ifornia  had  just  opened  up,  which  added 
many  souls  to  their  number  and  en- 
larged their  coffers.  There  were  none 
to  dispute  their  right  to  the  rich  lands 
of  the  great  Salt  Lake  Valley  and  the 
surrounding  valleys  of  the  Uintah  dr 
Utah  Mountains.  They  had  nothing  to 
do  but  till  the  soil,  erect  comfort- 
able dwellings  under  a vigilance  com- 
mittee organized  by  Brigham  Young  to 
see  that  all  who  came  into  their  God- 
fearing and  sanctified  community 
should  not  leave,  under  the  penalty  of 
death,  and  they  executed  that  penalty  in 
the  most  rigid  and  secret  manner.  Of 
course,  it  has  been  known  of  a few  who 
evaded  their  pursuers  and  made  their  es- 
cape to  civilization  in  safety.  One  man, 
with  whom  the  writer  has  been  inti- 
mately acquainted  for  many  years,  re- 
lated his  miraculous  escape  with  tears 
in  his  eyes  when  he  thought  of  the  horri- 


MORMONISM  EXPOSED.  21 

ble  deeds  committed  by  them  under  the 
guise  of  religion.  That  man  is  alive  to- 
day and  can  verify  this  statement.  But 
as  they  grew  in  numbers,  and  the  authori- 
ties at  Washington  learning  of  their 
cruel  deeds,  caused  them  to  relax  their 
vigilance  and  apply  themselves  to  the 
tilling  of  the  soil;  by  which  means  they 
procured  ample  provisions  from  the  vir- 
gin soil  to  fill  their  barns,  and  by  the  law 
of  tithing  one-tenth  of  the  income  of 
each  individual,  together  with  free  offer- 
ings, they  soon  had  sufficient  means  to 
build  a temple,  at  a cost,  they  claim,  of 
about  $4,000,000.00;  by  this  means  they 
could  carry  on  their  secret  workings  un- 
known to  the  outside  world.  At  the 
present  time  they  have  four  temples  at 
prominent  points  in  the  State,  ^costing, 
they  claim,  from  one  to  four  million  dol- 
lars each.  Here  they  can,  as  in  days  of 
yore,  when  Utah  was  a Territory,  before 
being  admitted  into  the  Union,  and  be- 
fore United  States  soldiers  were  sent  to 
check  them  in  their  wild  career,  do  many 
things  unkown  to  the  world.  Their  his- 
tory, not  reversed  by  the  Mormon 
Church,  but  as  it  stands,  is  well  known 
in  Washington,  D.  C.,  Carthage  and 
Nauvoo,  111.,  in  Missouri  and  elsewhere. 


22  MORMONISM  EXPOSED. 

BRIGHAM  YOUNG’S  CLEVER 
SCHEME. 

Before  passing  over  the  early  history 
of  the  Mormon  people,  we  must  not  neg- 
lect to  mention  a clever  scheme  invented 
in  the  fertile  mind  of  Brigham  Young. 
Previous  to  starting  upon  their  long 
journey  across  the  Western  plains,  in 
order  to  establish  himself  in  the  minds  of 
his  little  band  of  followers  as  their  di- 
vinely inspired  prophet  and  leader,  for 
contentions  and  divisions  had  already 
risen  among  them,  he  claimed  that  he 
had  a vision,  which,  no  doubt,  he  had, 
given  him  by  his  controlling  spirit,  the 
same  vision  being  given  to  Joseph  Smith 
a little  before  his  suicidal  death,  show- 
ing the  great  Sait  Lake  Valley,  and  the 
wav  to  it.  By  this  means  he  effected  his 
purpose,  that  of  gaining  their  confidence, 
and  had  Joseph  Smith  been  controlled 
by  the  same  good  spirits,  who  used  him 
as  their  instrument  through  whom  the 
words  were  dictated  for  M(artin  Harris 
to  write,  he  would  not  have  committed 
the  deplorable  suicidal  act. 

HISTORY  REVERSED  BY  THE 
MORMON  FACTIONS. 

As  the  writer  stated  in  introducing  this 
book  to  the  world  that  his  sole  object  is 
to  state  facts  as  they  were  and  as  they 


MORMONISM  EXPOSED. 


23 


now  exist  among  the  Mormon  people, 
who  all  worship  Joseph  Smith  as  a true 
prophet  of  the  Great  Eternal  God,  sent 
forth  by  Him  to  open  up  the  way  of 
truth  and  righteousness,  which  has 
been  lost  sight  of  since  the  days  of  Christ 
and  is  apostles,  during  the  dark  centu- 
ries of  the  reign  of  terror,  which  imme- 
diately followed  their  demise;  for  this 
purpose  we  will  only  quote  history  as  it 
now  stands  at  the  present  time,  and  let 
the  reader  be  the  judge. 

DEATH  OF  JOSEPH  SMITH. 

The  Utah  Mormons,  or  Brigliamites, 
claim  that  their  prophet,  Joseph  Smith, 
was  incarcerated  thirty-seven  times  on 
charges  trumped  up  against  him  for  his 
false  teachings,  and  that,  in  order  to  save 
the  life  of  his  brother,  Hiram,  patriarch 
of  the  Mormon  Church,  who  was  also  in- 
carcerated with  him,  went  to  the  window 
and  threw  himself  out  upon  the  mob 
below. 

The  Josephites — that  is,  the  followers 
of  Joseph’s  son,  who  is  also  called  Joseph, 
who  organized  a church  about  seven- 
teen years  after  his  father’j  death  and  is 
at  the  present  writing  president  and 
prophet — claim  that  Joseph  was  shot 
when  at  the  window  and  fell  out.  This 
was  given  by  one  of  their  elders  whose 


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MORMONISM  EXPOSED. 


membership  dates  back  forty-four  years’ 
standing. 

Should  any  of  the  Josephites  be  asked 
the  question.  Why  did  not  the  president, 
Joseph  Smith,  organize  his  church  sooner 
than  seventeen  years  after  his  father’s 
death?  the  answer  is,  because  he  was 
waiting  upon  revelations  from  the  Lord. 
They  have  the  date  of  his  death  as  June 
27,  1844. 

The  records  of  the  Circuit  Court  at 
Carthage,  111.,  say  Joseph  Smith  was  la 
prisoner  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  charged 
with  adultery  and  fornication,  on  the 
21st  day  of  October,  1844. 

It  seems  clear  to  the  mind  of  the 
writer  that  the  supposed  revelation  on 
polygamy  given  to  Joseph  Smith  and 
signed  by  him,  purporting  to  be  from 
the  Lord,  was  given  to  him  by  the  spirit 
that  then  controlled  him  and  also  his 
successor,  Brigham  Young,  and  that  he 
taught  and  practiced  it  to  such  an  extent 
in  the  State  of  Illinois  as  to  incense  the 
people  against  him  and  his  followers. 

This  statement  is  backed  up  by  another 
supposed  revelation  from  the  Lord  and 
entered  in  their  book,  called  “Doctrine 
and  Covenants,”  wherein  his  wife,  Sa- 
rah, is  exhorted  to  have  patience  with 
him  and  not  be  offended  at  what  he  did. 
The  act  is  not  stated.  The  same  spirit 
which  gave  the  former  gave  the  latter. 


MORMONISM-  EXPOSED. 


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The  writer  is  further  impressed  that 
Thomas  Ford,  Governor  of  Illinois  at 
that  time,  and  his  people  were  very  le- 
nient with  Joseph  Smith  and  his  follow- 
ers by  giving  him  thirty-seven  chances 
to  retract  and  mend  his  ways,  but  Joseph 
was  blind  and  could  not  discern  so  as  to 
follow  Paul’s  injunction,  “Try  the  spir- 
its.” 

It  is  said  by  the  Josephites  that  the 
revelation  given  on  polygamy  was  given 
to  Brigham  Young,  who  signed  Joseph 
Smith’s  name  to  it,  but  this  the  writer 
does  not  credit,  inasmuch  as  they  built  a 
temple  at  Nauvoo,  where  secret  ordi- 
nances could  be  performed  and  the  world 
know  it  not;  as  said  before,  temples  are 
not  built  for  preaching  or  teaching  the 
gospel  in.  The  Mormon  temples,  like  the 
temples  of  Baal,  were  not  built  for  the 
worship  of  the  Great  Jehovah,  but  for 
the  worship  of  the  gods  of  the  worship- 
ers who  worship  therein. 

The  supposed  revelation  on  polygamy 
given  to  Joseph  Smith  was  to  the  effect 
that  any  man  who  desired  more  than  one 
wife  could  marry  as  manv  as  he  chose 
to  select,  with  the  proviso,  that  in  order 
to  make  it  binding  through  all  time  and 
throughout  all  eternity,  the  marriage 
ceremonies  must  be  performed  by  him  or 
his  successors,  and  all  called,  chosen  and 
ordained  by  him  or  his  successors  to  the 


2 6 MORMONISM  EXPOSED. 

holy  office  of  the  Melchisedec  priesthood, 
had  full  power  and  authority  from 
the  Lord  to  officiate  in  that  capacity,  in 
a house  built  for  the  purpose  of  perform- 
ing these  and  other  secret  (sacred)  or- 
dinances therein.  Brigham  Young  had 
seventeen  wives. 

This  supposed  revelation  authorizing 
polygamy  stirred  up  a confusion  and  con- 
tention, also  a division,  among  his  follow- 
ers, but  in  order  to  appease  them  and 
the  indignation  of  the  Christian  world 
at  large,  he  claimed  to  have  re- 
ceived another  revelation,  commanding 
him  to  take  all  who  were  willing  to  obey 
the  above  revelation  and  lead  them  to  a 
land  in  all  respects  like  Palestine,  on  the 
Eastern  Continent,  where  they  could 
stand  upon  the  summit  of  another  Mount 
Nebo,  and  veiw  the  promised  land,  as 
Moses  did  of  old,  with  its  River  Jordan, 
Sea  of  Galilee  and  Dead  Sea,  but  all  who 
would  not  accept  and  render  obedience 
to  the  polygamous  revelation  must  stay  at 
home. 

This  supposed  revelation  and  command 
caused  them  to  divide  into  factions,  each 
contending  for  what  they  claimed  to  be 
right  in  the  sight  of  God.  The  writer 
cannot  say  into  how  many  divisions  they 
have  divided  themselves  to-day,  but  we 
do  know'  of  two'  prominent  divisions, 
namely,  the  Brighamites  and  the  Joseph- 


MORMONISM  EXPOSED. 


27 


ites.  In  all,  we  are  informed,  there  have 
been  about  sixteen,  but  some  of  them 
have  passed  into  obscurity. 

BRIGHAM  TRUE  TO  HIS  WORD. 

Brigham  Young,  true  to  his  supposed 
revelation,  separated  from  the  others,  and 
led  his  little  band  of  one  hundred  and 
forty-eight,  * all  told,  to  the  promised  land, 
with  its  Mount  Nebo,  in  shape,  resembling 
an  Indian  mound,  but  very  much  larger, 
situated  about  a mile  or  a mile  and  a half 
north  of  where  the  temple  now  stands  at 
Salt  Take  City,  Utah.  Upon  this  Mount 
Nebo  he  placed  a flagstaff,  where  it  now 
stands,  revered  by  all  Mormons.  A little 
distance  west  of  the  city  is  a small  stream 
of  water,  which  takes  its  rise  from  the 
Sea  of  Galilee,  or  Utah  Lake,  and  emp- 
ties itself  into  the  Dead  Sea,  or  what  is 
known  as  the  Great  Salt  Lake.  It  has  no 
outlet,  but  its  waters  are  very  salt  and 
buoyant,  and  it  seems  to  be  drying  up 
rapidly. 

These  things  coming  true  and  by  ap- 
plying biblical  names  to  them,  gave  him 
a strong  hold  upon  the  minds  of  his  fol- 
lowers, so  that  he  had  free  access  to  their 
hearts  as  well  as  to  their  purses. 

BRIGHAM  YOUNG’S  FALSE  CLAIM. 

The  claim  made  by  Brigham  Young 
and  his  followers  that  they  were  the  first 
white  men  to  stand  upon  the  soil  of  the 


28 


MORMONISM  EXPOSED. 


Great  Salt  Lake  Valley  cannot  be  sus- 
tained, but,  on  the  contrary,  it  may  be 
easily  seen  from  a clipping  or  extract 
taken  from  a reliable  daily  paper  published 
in  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  in  its  issue  of  August 
30,  1908,  wherein  the  most  positive  and 
indisputable  evidence  is  given,  backed  up 
by  the  records  of  the  Missouri  Historical 
Society.  They  do  not  change  dates,  alter 
names  and  invent  history1  to  suit  their 
purposes,  as  the  Mormons  do  with  their 
church  history.  For  proof  of  this  read 
the  history  of  the  State  of  Illinois  and 
the  State  of  Missouri  concerning  the 
Mormons ; then  turn  to  the  Mormon 
Church  history,  and  you  will  find  that,  in 
order  to  give  themselves  a high  coloring 
before  the  world,  and  especially  among 
the  children  of  the  Mormon  people  and 
new  converts  to  their  faith,  for  all  study 
Mormon  history  and  faith,  believing  that 
they  are  the  only  children  of  God  who 
have  the  truth  and  that  God  committed 
it  to  their  care  and  keeping  through  their 
supposed  prophet,  Joseph  Smith,  and  his 
successor,  Brigham  Young,  in  succession 
down  to  the  present  day. 

The  following  is  an  extract  from  the 
“St.  Louis  Globe-Democrat”  of  August 
30,  1908,  under  the  heading,  “Where 

Brigham  Young  Got  His  Knowledge”: 

“The  present-day  traveler  to  Salt  Lake 
City  is  informed  by  the  faithful  Mormons 


MORMONISM  EXPOSED. 


29 


that  Brigham  Young  must  have  been  di- 
vinely inspired,  since  he  told  his  followers 
that  he  would  lead  them  to  a land  in  all 
respects  like  the  Holy  Land,  thjat  they 
would  climb  to  the  summit  of  another 
Mount  Nebo,  and  view  the  promised  land 
with  its  Sea  of  Galilee,  its  River  Jordan 
and  its  Dead  Sea,  a fresh-water  lake 
drained  by  a short  river  into  the  great 
lake  of  salt  water.  The  assertion  follows 
— and  is  rarely  contradicted,  so  little  do 
we  know  of  our  own  history  that  be- 
fore the  advent  of  the  Mormon  band  no 
white  man  had  ever  invaded  the  valleys 
of  the  Wasatch  and  Uintah  Mountains, 
and  that  in  the  nature  of  things  Brigham 
Young  could  not  have  obtained  his  infor- 
mation from  the  Indians. 

“As  a matter  of  historic  fact,  the  Mor- 
mon leader  obtained  his  information  of 
all  that  Western  country  in  St.  Louis,  and 
he  knew  in  advance  exactly  how  to  pro- 
ceed and  what  to  expect  in  the  way  of 
topography,  climate  and  dangers  to  be 
encountered.  When  this  fact  is  called 
into  the  discussion  by  some  one  who  hap- 
pens to  know  the  truth,  the  Mormons 
point  in  the  hope  of  refutation  to  a Gov- 
ernment report  made  by  Major  Powell, 
of  the  United  States  Geological  Survey, 
in  1869.  On  a high  rock  near  Brown’s 
Hole,  General  Ashley  inscribed  his  name 
and  the  date  of  his  first  invasion  of  that 


0 


MORMONISM  EXPOSED. 


dangerous  region.  Major  Powell,  mis- 
taking one  of  the  figures  in  the  date,  drew 
on  his  imagination  for  a thrilling  story 
that  is  generally  accepted  as  true.  He 
declares  that  William  Ashley  and  a few 
of  his  companions  who  survived  the  fool- 
hardy venture  climbed  the  canyon  wall, 
made  their  way  across  the  Wasatch 
Mountains  and  descended  into  Salt  Lake 
City,  where  they  were  hospitably  received 
by  the  Mormons  and  given  work  on  the 
foundation  of  the  temple  until  they  could 
earn  enough  money  to  pay  their  way  back 
to  St.  Louis.  This  is  supposed  to  have 
happened  in  1855,  when  the  Mormon 
city  was  seven  years  old. 

ASHLEY  THERE  LONG  BEFORE. 

“Had  the  ‘Government  expert’  taken 
the  trouble  to  look  up  the  biography  of 
General  William  H.  Ashley,  he  would 
have  learned  that  that  able  soldier,  states- 
man, merchant  and  explorer  died  in  1838, 
and  was  buried  in  an  Indian  mound  over- 
looking the  Missouri  River,  above  the 
city  in  which  he  made  his  fame  and  for- 
tune. Had  that  same  expert  scru- 
tinized the  figures  on  the  rock  wall  a lit- 
tle more  closely  he  would  have  found  that 
the  date  of  the  Ashley  expedition  was 
1825,  instead  of  1855,  some  five  years 
before  the  first  suggestion  of  Mormonism 
was  born  in  the  mind  of  Joseph  Smith. 


MORMONISM  EXPOSED. 


31 


General  Ashley  was  one  of  the  greatest 
early  explorers,  but  the  real  glory  of 
opening  up  the  Salt  Lake  region  belongs 
to  another  St.  Louisan,  Etienne  Provost, 
whose  name,  slightly  curtailed,  is  still 
preserved  in  Provo  City,  the  home 
of  Reed  Smoot,  on  Utah  Lake. 

“Another  name  in  that  wild  mountain 
country  that  is  of  interest  to  the  student 
of  early  St.  Louis  history  is  that  of  Cache 
Valley,  a delightful  intra-mountain  park, 
north  of  the  Great  Salt  Lake.  It  was 
here  that  the  tide  of  fortune  turned  in 
Ashley’s  favor,  after  years  of  hardship 
and  constant  loss.  A trapper  of  the  Hud- 
son Bay  Co.,  always  a bitter  St.  Louis 
rival,  had  made  his  way  down  from  the 
fur  regions  with  one  hundred  and  thirty 
packs  of  beaver  pelts,  which  he  had 
cached  in  the  valley.  The  man  was  Peter 
Skeen  Ogden,  and  when  Ashley  left  the 
place  the  furs  were  his.  Just  how  the 
transfer  of  ownership  took  place  historv 
has  not  yet  revealed.  It  is  indisputable 
that  the  cache  cost  Ashley  a small  frac- 
tion of  what  it  was  worth.  Whether  he 
found  the  pelts  and  confiscated  them  be- 
cause the  British  had  no  right  to  trap  in 
that  section  of  country,  or  whether  he 
dealt  directly  with  Ogden,  who  was  in  dire 
straits  and  forced  to  sell  out  for  a 
song,  or,  as  one  report  has  it,  he  induced 
Ogden’s  men  to  desert  and  come  over  to 


32  MORMONISM  EXPOSED. 

his  party,  we  will  probably  never  know. 
All  we  do  know  is  that  the  cache  was 
worth  at  the  lowest  estimate  one  hundred 
thousand  dollars,  and  its  sale  in  the  St. 
Louis  fur  market  gave  Ashley  and  his 
company  such  a boost  that  they  prose- 
cuted their  fur  operations  without  the 
need  of  detrimental  economy,  which  had 
hitherto  forced  them  to  work  on  a conser- 
vative scale.  The  following  year  he  made 
his  last  trip  to  the  mountains,  going  by 
the  annual  rendezvous  in  Cache  Vajlley 
by  way  of  the  North  Platte  and  the  South 
Pass.  On  this  trip  he  took  with  him  a 
six-pounder,  which  he  installed  in  the  fort 
at  Utah  Lake.  This  was  the  first  piece  of 
wheeled  artillery  to  invade  that  country.” 
From  the  above  extract  we  learn  by  the 
conclusive  evidence  given  that  the  Mor- 
mons, as  a people,  will  stop  at  nothing  to 
gain  their  points,  establish  their  false 
doctrines,  and,  no  doubt  many  would 
like  to  practice  their  adulterous,  polyga- 
mous habits  openly,  which,  no  doubt, 
they  do  seceretly,  were  it  not  for  the 
courts  of  the  land  issuing  a decree 
against  it.  They  then,  in  order  to  evade 
imprisonment,  sent  forth  a manifesto  to 
the  effect  that  such  adulterous  or  po- 
lygamous practices  would  no  longer  be 
tolerated  by  the  church,  but  privately 
saying  among  themselves,  “It  was  only  a 
bluff  to  cheat  the  devil  at  his  own  game,” 


MORMONISM  EXPOSED.  33 

while  outwardly  they  claim  that  they 
have  a revelation  from  the  Lord  to  dis- 
continue polygamy  and  be  subject  to  the 
laws  of  the  land.  This  they  did,  knowing 
that  their  corrupt  practices  would  no 
longer  be  tolerated  by  the  courts  of  the 
United  States.  As  a further  proof  of 
the  truth  of  this  statement,  they  have  not,  as 
yet,  prohibited  polygamous  spiritual  mar- 
riage ceremonies  to  be  performed  by  them 
in  their  temples,  but  rather  encourage  them, 
saying,  “The  more  wives  the  greater  the 
honor  in  the  presence  of  the  Lord.” 

POLYGAMY. 

“That  which  has  been  is  now,  and  that 
which  is  to  be  hath  already  been,  but  God 
requireth  the  past.”  Esdras. 

Polygamy  being  part  of  the  doctrine  of 
the  Utah  Mormons,  it  is  evident  that 
while  it  is  not  now  openly  practiced  to 
such  an  extent  as  formerly,  the  practice 
is  still  carried  on,  both  bodily  and  spirit- 
ually, else  why  the  spiritual  marriage, 
contrary  to  the  teachings  of  Christ  and 
His  apostles,  whom  He  sent  forth  to  pro- 
mulgate His  teachings  throughout  the 
world. 

Christ  knew  the  evil  results  (arising 
from  such  a course  of  procedure, 
it  being  in  violation  of  the  law, 
“Thou  shalt  not  commit  adultery.” 
In  the  case  of  the  seven  broth- 


34  MORMONISM  EXPOSED. 

ers  who  in  succession  had  one  woman  for 
wife,  and  we  are  not  informed  that  they 
had  any  other  wife,  though  the  Mormons 
claim  they  had,  the  question  was  asked 
the  Savior,  “In  the  resurrection  whose 
wife  shall  she  be?”  The  Savior  merely 
replied,  “In  the  resurrection  they  neither 
marry  nor  are  given  in  marriage,  but  are 
like  unto  the  angels  of  Heaven.”  This 
reply  of  our  Blessed  Lord  should  convince 
not  only  the  Mormons,  who  claim  to  have 
all  truth,  but  the  whole  human  family 
that  chastity  and  honorable  marriages  are 
pleasing  and  acceptable  to  the  Lord,  but 
not  spiritual  marriages. 

The  self-styled  prophets,  Joseph 
Smith,  and  his  successor,  Brigham  Young, 
both  of  whom  practiced  polygamy  and 
were  governed  by  the  same  spirit,  Joseph, 
who  first  received  the  supposed  revelation, 
but  did  not  have  time  to  carry  it  on  suc- 
cessfully, as  the  people  of  Illinois  would  no 
longer  tolerate  it,  but  Brigham  Young,  be- 
ing controlled  by  the  same  spirit  and  hav- 
ing an  ardent  desire  for  fame  and  riches, 
brought  his  little  band  to  the  land  where 
there  were  no  laws  for  or  against  it,  and 
he  carried  it  out  very  successfully,  to  the 
destruction  of  many  thousands  of  souls. 
Those  who  stayed  at  home  submitted 
themselves  to  be  governed  by  the  law  of 
the  land,  and  about  seventeen  years  after, 
when  all  things  seemed  quiet  and  forgot- 


MORMONISM  EXPOSED. 


35 


ten,  they  organized  a church,  with  Joseph 
Smith,  son  of  the  former  Joseph  Smith, 
who  was  arrested  at  Carthage,  111., 
upon  the  charge  of  adultery  and  fornica- 
tion, as  their  president.  The  present  so-called 
prophet,  Joseph  Smith,  president  of  the 
church,  strictly  prohibits  adultery  or  po- 
lygamy, but  claims  to  be  a prophet  of  the 
Great  Jehovah,  and  is  respected  and  held 
in  high  esteem  by  his  followers  as  such ; 
also  the  present  supposed  prophet  and 
president,  Joseph  F.  Smith,  of  the  Brig- 
hamites,  at  Salt  Lake  City,  while  not 
denying  the  legality  of  polygamy  only  in 
so  far  as  the  law  of  the  land  conflicts,  he 
having  seven  wives  and  forty-two  or 
more  children,  is  highly  honored  and  re- 
spected by  his  followers,  who  are  numer- 
ous. 


THE  WRITER’S  MOTIVE. 

The  writer’s  motive  is  not  for  argument 
or  controversy;  were  that  so  it  would  in- 
volve a weekly  edition  to  be  isued  from 
each  side  much  larger  than  this,  and  the 
arguments  continue  pro  anG  con  for  many 
years  to  come,  as  has  been  the  case  in  the 
past,  the  opposing  factions  sustaining 
their  arguments  by  numerous  and  devious 
ways.  Incidents  of  a similar  nature  have 
arisen  in  the  past,  and  are  now  success- 
fully carried  on  by  the  different  sects  and 
denominations  of  the  present  day.  We 


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MORMONISM  EXPOSED. 


have  only  to  cast  our  eyes  around  for 
proof  of  this  statement,  and  leave  the 
reader  to  form  his  or  her  own  conclu- 
sions, but  the  writer’s  desire  is  to  state 
facts  both  from  a religious  and  secular 
standpoint,  so  as  to  point  out  truthfully 
the  deceptive  views  entertained  by  the 
Mormons  before  and  after  the  death  of 
their  leader,  Joseph  Smith,  whom  they 
worship  as  a true  prophet  of  the  Great 
Eternal  God. 

The  writer  is  fully  impressed  by  the 
past  and  present  history  of  the  two  lead- 
ing and  mcst  prominent  branches  of  the 
Mormon  Church  that  the  first  prophet 
and  leader,  Joseph  Smith,  and  the  book 
of  Mormon  are  not  what  his  followers 
claim  them  to  be.  Much  time  and  thought 
have  been  spent  in  trying  to  convince  the 
world  that  Jospeh  Smith  was  a great 
prophet  of  the  Lord,  sent  forth  by  Him 
to  usher  in  the  last  dispensation  of  time, 
and  that  the  book  of  Mormon  is  a di- 
vinely inspired  book  bearing  the  seal  of 
Christ’s  approval,  by  establishing  His 
church  upon  the  Western  Continent  shortly 
after  His  resurrection,  and  continuance  for 
some  four  hundred  and  twenty  years  after. 

CAUSE  AND  EFFECT. 

The  wrter  of  this  book  fully  beleves  in 
cause  and  effect,  and  without  this  belief 


MORMONISM  EXPOSED. 


37 


would  be  entirely  at  the  mercy  of  others, 
especially  men  of  learning  and  of  deep 
theological  and  philosophical  thought.  The 
writer  lays  no  claim  to  either  of  these.  If 
he  did,  this  book  would  be  full  of  theo- 
ries, philosophical  reasonings  from  logical 
standpoints  and  their  theological  deduc- 
tions and  conclusions ; but  simply  states 
the  fact  that  the  book  of  Mormon  is  not 
what  they  clai  m it  to  be,  nor  the  last 
.writer  in  the  bock,  Maroni,  and  the  trans- 
lator of  the  whole  volume,  Joseph  Smith, 
were  not — neither  are  they — what  the 
good  Mormon  people  claim  them  to  be. 

CAUSE. 

The  translator  of  the  book  of  Mormon, 
Joseph  Smith,  was  controlled  by  the  spirits 
of  the  good  men  who  wrote  the  books 
which  comprise  the  book  of  Mormon,  util- 
izing Joseph’s  vocal  organs  (cases  of  this 
kind  occur  every  day),  and  Martin  Harris 
wrote  them  down  as  they  fell  from 
Joseph’s  lips.  Moroni,  the  last  writer,  was 
not,  is  not,  neither  shall  be,  an  angel  of  the 
Lord,  he  once  having  had  a physical  body, 
Additions  were  added  to  the  book  of  Mor- 
mon and  many  changes  made,  especially  to 
the  book  of  Mormon  and  his  son  Moroni. 
That  good  man,  Moroni,  never  did  write 
the  latter  part  of  the  book,  wherein  it  is 
stated  that  Christ  established  His  Church 
•in  person,  choosing  twelve  apostles  as  He 


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MORMONISM  EXPOSED. 


did  on  die  Eastern  Continent.  He  did 
visit  the  Nephites,  but  did  not  organize  His 
Church  by  choosing  twelve  apostles,  etc. 
Christ  said  to  His  apostles  on  the  Eastern 
Continent:  “Go  ye  into  all  the  world,”  etc. 

These  changes  were  made  and  additions 
added  entirely  through  another  spirit  of  a 
lower  order  taking  possession  of  Joseph’s 
vocal  organs  and  using  them  for  the  vile  pur- 
poses which  he  did.  Well  might  the 
Saviour  exclaim : “Beware  of  false 

prophets !”  It  is  claimed  that  the  plates 
upon  which  the  book  of  Mormon  were 
written  were  of  gold  of  the  thickness  of 
common  sheet  tin  and  lay  buried  in  a hill- 
side for  a period  of  about  1400  years. 
Science  proves  that  even  gold  being  ex- 
cluded from  dampness  and  other  atmo- 
spherical conditions  will  corrode  in  a much 
lesser  time  than  1400  years.  This  proves 
the  statement  made  that  the  book  of  Mor- 
mon was  dictated,  or,  in  other  words,  were 
given  to  Joseph  Smith  in  the  English 
language  by  the  same  spirits  who  wrote 
them,  and  in  all  probability  were  not 
buried  in  the  Hill  Cumora  more  than  four 
years,  the  time  of  Moroni’s  first  visit,  to 
the  time  of  Joseph’s  obtaining  possession  of 
them. 

EEEECT. 

The  effect  caused  by  the  change  of 
spirits,  the  last  of  whom  held  possession 


MORMONISM  EXPOSED.  £9 

of  Joseph  until  the  last  minute  of  his 
death,  led  many  to  believe  that  the  reve- 
lation given  him  on  polygamy  emanated 
from  the  Lord,  and  they  dubbed  him  with 
“the  title  prophet,  seer  and  revelator.” 
Kind  reader,  you  who  seek  after  truth 
and  nothing  but  the  truth,  ask  yourself 
the  question,  “How  could  Joseph  Smith 
obtain  a revelation  sanctioning  polygamy 
when  the  book  itself  condemns  it  and 
through  which  many  quarrels  arose  before 
and  after  its  publication,  because  of  re- 
taining it,  insomuch  that  when  the  church 
was  organized  on  the  sixth  day  of  April, 
1830,  it  had  only  a membership  of  six 
souls,  or  could  the  Criminal  Court  records 
at  Carthage,  111.,  have  upon  their  docket 
that  Joseph  Smith  was  a prisoner  of 
the  State  charged  with  adultery  and  for- 
nication on  the  21st  day  of  October,  1844, 
and  his  followers  change  the  date  of  his 
death  to  June  27,  of  the  same  year,  and, 
according  to  their  own  church  history, 
state  that  on  the  same  day,  June  27th, 
1844,  Joseph,  as  the  last  noble  act  of  his 
life,  in  order  to  save  that  of  his  brother, 
Hyram,  who  was  in  the  same  room  with 
him,  went  deliberately  to  the  window  and 
threw  himself  out  upon  the  crowd  below. 
By  that  act  he  committed  suicide  in  the 
eyes  of  God  and  man.  How  could  he  be 
a prophet  of  the  Lord?” 

Would  a prophet  of  the  Great  Eternal 


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MORMONISM  EXPOSED. 


Jehovah  commit  such  a rash  act  to  save 
his  own  life  or  that  of  another,  or  would 
a civilized  people  seek  the  life  of  any  man 
to  whom  their  courts  had  given,  the  writer 
was  informed  by  one  of  their  elders,  a 
Josephite,  fifty-four  chances  to  cease  his 
pernicious  teaching  and  adulterous  prac- 
tices, when  at  last  the  Attorney  General 
seeing  all  was  in  vain  suggested  the,  death 
of  the  Leader  and  the  extermination  of 
his  followers  from  their  borders. 

Joseph  Smith  and  Brigham  Young,  his 
successor,  is  to  the  Mormons  what  Mo- 
hammed is  to  his  followers.  Through  the 
chicanery  of  Mohammed  inventing  the 
Steel  Coffin  for  his  burial  and  a powerful 
magnet  placed  in  the  dome  where  the  Steel 
Coffin  was  to  be  taken  with  his  dead  body 
in  it,  borne  upon  the  shoulders  of  six 
strong  men.  According  to  his  prophecy, 
it  rose  from  off  their  shoulders  and  re- 
mained suspended  in  space  with  his  head 
towards  Mecca,  his  birthplace,  and  feet 
towards  Medina,  his  burial  place,  and  thus 
his  prophecy  was  fulfilled.  His  people  be- 
ing ignorant  of  the  cause,  but  seeing  the 
effect,  worship  him  as  their  prohphet.  So 
the  Mormons,  not  knowing  the  cause  of 
Joseph’s  downfall,  after  the  departure  of 
the  good  spirit  Moroni,  still  worship  him 
as  their  prophet. 

As  it  is  not  the  writer’s  purpose  to  at- 
tack their  false  doctrines  in  this  issue  but 


MORMONISM  EXPOSED.  41 

will  do  so  subsequently,  this  book  being 
only  to  expose  to  the  world  the  surface  of 
the  grounds  upon  which  they  stand  as  a 
people  and  the  secret  workings  and  teach- 
ings of  the  hidden  mysteries  of  their  tem- 
ples, will  quote  the  2d  and  last  or  13th 
Articles  of  their  faith,  as  printed  upon  the 
back  of  their  elder’s  cards,  which  read  as 
follows:  “We  believe  that  men  will  be 

punished  for  their  own  sins,  and  not  for 
Adam’s  transgression.”  How  does  that 
agree  with  Christ's  teaching  in  St.  John, 
3d  chapter,  3-6  verse?  And,  ask  what  is 
baptism  for.  Do  we  enter  Heaven  with 
it  hanging  over  us?  If  so,  then  the  filthy 
can  enter  therein.  The  13th  Article  reads 
thus:  We  believe  in  being  honest,  true, 
chaste,  benevolent,  virtuous.  These  Arti- 
cles bear  the  signature  of  Joseph  Smith, 
the  virtuous  and  revered  prophet,  yet  they 
teach  polygamy. 

JOINED  THE  JOSEPHITES. 

The  writer,  having  satisfied  himself  that 
the  Brighamites  were  enacting  nothing  but 
a solemn  religious  farce  as  a mo'ckery  be- 
fore Almighty  God,  left  them  and  joined 
the  Josephites,  with  the  sole  purpose  of 
investigating  their  principles  and  their 
purposes  more  fully,  giving  them  great 
credit  for  abstaining  from  the  teachings 
of  their  polygamous  brothers,  the  Brig- 
hamites.  A few  days  after,  four  were 


42  MORMONISM  EXPOSED. 

baptized,  among  them  being  the  writer. 
Just  seven  days  after,  one  of  the  four  bap- 
tized ones  being  accused  of  misdemeanors 
said  to  be  committed  previous  to  baptism, 
by  an  outsider,  or  what  is  termed  a man 
of  the  world.  The  presiding  elder,  who 
just  seven  days  before  had  confirmed  the 
accused  by  the  laying  on  of  hands  for  the 
reception  of  the  Holy  Ghost,  while  at  a 
prayer  meeting,  the  same  presiding  elder 
went  upon  the  platform,  and,  pointing  the 
finger  of  scorn  at  the  newly  baptized  mem- 
ber, saying,  you  are  a dangerous  criminal. 
This  seemed  that  the  baptism  was  not  for 
the  remission  of  sins,  furthermore,  when 
criticised,  and  no,  doubt,  rebuked  for  the 
act  by  his  fellow  elders,  he  framed  words 
for  the  accused  to  say  which  exonerated 
the  presiding  elder  before  the  church 
for  his  rash  act  and  false  doctrines, 
and  the  stain  on  the  newly  baptized  can- 
didate is  still  fresh  in  many  minds  of  the 
Church  members,  consequently,  he  is  now 
held  aloof  by  many  of  the  members  of 
that  branch. 

The  Josephites  are  bitterly  opposed  to 
the  Byigham'ites,  but  both  are  firm  be- 
lievers that  Joseph  Smith  was  a true 
prophet  of  the  Lord,  and  their  doctrines 
are  the  same,  except  in  a few  instances. 
Each  claim  to  be  the  true  Church. 

The  writer  knowing  by  infallible  proofs 
that  both  are  wrong  from  the  very  foun- 


MORMONISM  EXPOSED. 


43 


dation ; for  they  seem  to  have  built  their 
Churches  upon  the  foundation  of  Joseph 
Smith  being  a true  prophet,  seer  and  reve- 
lator,  rather  than  upon  Jesus  Christ  being 
the  Son  of  God  and  chief  Corner  Stone, 
he  left  them. 

THE  SECRET  AND  SACRED 
HOUSE. 

Since  the  temple  at  Nauvoo  was  demol- 
ished in  the  time  of  Joseph  Smith’s  reign 
upon  the  prophetic  throne,  and  his  follow- 
ers expelled  from  the  State  of  Illinois,  we 
will  follow  his  successor,  Brigham  Young, 
who  so  cleverly  led  them  away  from  all 
civilization,  where  they  could  worship 
their  gods,  licentiousness  and  mammon, 
without  being  molested  or  dictated  to  by 
the  courts  of  law.  With  this  end  in  view, 
Brigham  Young  lost  no  time  to  erect  an- 
other secret  (sacred)  house,  more  seclu- 
sive,  and  more  conducive  to  his  deep-laid 
schemes  and  monarchical  plans,  at  a cost, 
it  is  said,  of  about  $4,000,000.00,  claiming 
the  pattern  was  revealed  to  him  from  the 
Great  Architect  of  all  things.  Of  the  truth 
of  this  assertion  of  Brigham  Young,  we 
will  leave  the  reader  to  be  the  judge,  after 
coming  to  a knowledge  of  the  work  car- 
ried on  within  its  walls.  All  good  Mor- 
mons are  not  permitted  to  enter  the  place, 
being  so  sacred  and  secret  that  “the  foot 
of  an  unbeliever  has  never  trod.” 


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MORMONISM  EXPOSED. 


They  must  be  well  tried,  initiated  fully 
into  the  doctrines  of  the  Old  and  New 
Testaments  as  taught  by  them,  book  of 
Mormon  and  book  of  “Doctrine  and  Cov- 
enants.” The  claim  made  for  the  last 
named  is  that  it  contains  the  revelations 
given  to  the  supposed  prophet,  Joseph 
Smith,  by  the  Lord  for  the  guidance  of  the 
Church. 

The  male  members  are  admitted  by 
passing  through  the  several  grades  of  the 
Aaronic  priesthood,  then  ordained  to  the 
Melchisedec  priesthood  held  by  the  Son 
of  God,  and  bestowed  upon  Him  as  men- 
tioned in  Heb.  5-10.  These  ordinations 
take  place  outside  the  temple.  The  teach- 
er, priest  or  elder  must  make  a weekly 
report  of  his  visit  among  the  people, 
whether  Mormon  or  Gentile,  as  they  are 
called.  A ward  is  comprised  of  nine 
blocks,  meeting  house  in  central  block; 
this  is  supposed,  but  is  not  always  the  case. 
The  weekly  reports  sent  in  go  to  the 
.Bishop,  and  so  on  until  they  reach  the  pres- 
ident, so  that  a regular  chain  of  commu- 
nication is  held  with  the  president  and  the 
whole  city  and  a concensus  made  of  every 
possible  thing  known  in  every  house, 
whether  male  or  female,  married  or  single, 
with  or  without  children,  number,  etc. 

After  the  elder  has  given  satisfactory 
evidence  of  his  ability  and  earnestness  of 
his  purpose,  he  receives  a recommendation 


MORMONISM  EXPOSED.  45 

from  his  Bishop,  which  he  carries  to  John 
Q.  Cannon,  a high  and  haughty  official, 
who  signs  a permit  for  his  admission  into 
the  temple.  This  done,  the  candidate  is 
allowed  to  enter  the  annex  the  next  morn- 
ing, when  that  paper  is  also  taken  from 
him  and  filed  away  for  entry  on  the  temple 
books.  It  being  his  first  time  to  enter  the 
temple,  he  is  not  permitted  to  do  work 
except  for  himself,  that  is,  receive  his  own 
endowments  or  gifts,  which  include  a new 
name  by  which  he  is  to  be  known  through- 
out the  roundless  ages  of  eternity. 

After  having  paid  his  donation  to  the 
support  of  temple  workers,  which  is  not  ex- 
acted from  him,  but  is  expected,  according 
to  his  means,  he  is  then  admitted  into  an- 
other room  of  the  annex,  where,  after  song, 
prayer  and  instructions  given  to  all  present, 
showing  the  object  and  sincerity  of  the  re- 
ligious work  they  are  about  to  enter  upon, 
which  is  very  solemn  and  impressive  indeed. 
The  instructions  are  given  by  a bishop,  pa- 
triarch or  one  of  the  twelve  apostles.  When 
dismissed  they  give  their  names  and  the 
nature  of  the  work  they  desire  to  do.  Then 
all  repair  to  the  basement  of  the  temple  by 
a stairway  leading  from  the  annex. 


46  MORMONISM  EXPOSED. 

THE  SECRETS  OF  THE  TEMPLES 
PUBLICLY  MADE  KNOWN. 

May  my  bones  rot  beneath  the  flesh, 
Should  I e’er  fail  men  to  impress 
With  the  real,  but  not  supposed 
Truths  of  Christ  to  me  reposed. 

Before  entering  the  basement  of  the 
temple,  at  the  foot  of  the  stairway  leading 
from  the  annex  through  a long  passage 
leading  to  the  basement,  all  must  take  off 
their  shoes,  any  part  of  the  temple  being 
holy.  Males  work  for  males,  females  for 
females,  so  that  after  the  first  day’s  work, 
males  may  take  with  them  one  female  each : 
wife,  mother,  sister,  or  anyone  who  has 
been  baptized  by  immersion  for  the  remis- 
sion of  their  sins  after  having  had  hands 
laid  upon  them  for  the  reception  of  the 
Holy  Ghost,  who  are  faithful  and  of  good 
standing  in  the  church. 

After  having  “cast  the  shoes  from  off 
the  feet,”  all  proceed  to  the  basement  of 
the  temple,  males  branching  off  to  rooms 
on  the  right,  and  females  to  rooms  on  the 
left,  where  all  undress  and  put  on  white 
raiment,  if  for  baptisms,  which  take  place 
every  Tuesday,  that  being  the  day  set  apart 
for  that  purpose,  Mondays  for  registration. 
Of  course,  you  may  be  baptized  for  as  many 
as  you  please  while  in  the  font,  except  that 
after  each  baptism  you  ascend  three  or  four 
steps  and  have  hands  laid  on  for  the  recep- 


MORMONISM  EXPOSED.  47 

tion  of  the  Holy  Ghost  and  anointed  with 
oil,  you  again  descend  into  the  font,  and 
so  on  until  you  have  completed  names  given 
in  for  that  day’s  registration.  Your  list 
of  names  being  completed,  you  enter  an- 
other room,  take  off  the  wet  garments  and 
put  on  an  inner  garment  made  of  one 
piece  which  the  officiating  bishop  or  pat- 
riarch puts  on  you  with  instructions  never 
to  take  it  off  except  to  change.  It  will 
be  a covering  for  you  and  protect  you 
(against  many  dangers,  he  declares ; this 
garment  you  purchase  at  nearly  any  of  the 
Saints  furnishing  stores  in  the  City.  While 
going  through  the  ceremonies  of  putting 
on  the  new  garments  which  he  declares 
were  a covering  for  Adam  and  made  from 
the  skins  of  animals.  He  gives  you  a new 
name  by  which  you  are  to  be  known 
throughout  the  roundless  ages  of  eternity, 
and  by  which  you  are  to  enter  the  celestial 
room  of  the  holy  temples  also  the  celestial 
sphere  on  high. 

He  then  marks  your  garments  by  cut- 
ting a slit  across  one  breast  for  a compass 
and  another  slit  across  the  other  breast  for 
a square,  while  other  the  navel,  another 
horizontal  slit  in  the  garment  is  made. 
Having  your  inner  garments  marked  and 
receiving  a new  name  you  are  prepared 
to  go  through  the  solemn  religious  farce  to 
be  enacted  the  following  day. 

This  being  the  first  day  you  entered  the 


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MORMONISM  EXPOSED. 


temple  you  were  only  baptized  for  the  dead, 
your  own  baptism  having  taken  place  long 
before  your  ordination  to  the  Melchisedec 
priesthood  without  which  you  would  never 
be  admitted  into  the  temple.  You  must 
first  receive  your  own  endowments  before 
you  can  obtain  them  or  act  as  proxy  for 
another. 

WEDNESDAY’S  WORK. 

On  the  following  day}  Wednesday,  you 
proceed  to  the  temple  annex,  and,  after  the 
usual  services,  as  described  above,  having 
given  in  the  name  or  names  of  the  dead 
for  whom  you  desire  to  do  work,  one  male 
and  one  female  each  day.  Wednesday, 
Thursday  and  Friday,  Mondays  being  for 
registering  of  names;  Tuesdays,  baptisms; 
Saturdays,  temple  closed;  Sundays,  preach- 
ing, but  never  in  the  temple.  You  then 
descend  to  the  passage  connecting  the 
annex  with  the  temple  basement  and  hav- 
ing then  cast  the  shoes  from  off  your  feet 
proceed  to  the  dressing  rooms  as  on  the 
day  before,  Tuesday,  taking  with  you  your 
full  temple  garb,  which  consists  of  white 
stockings,  white  moccasins,  white  shirt, 
cap,  robe  and  girdle. 

WASHINGS  AND  ANOINTINGS. 

You  now  undress  and  wait  your  turn 
to  enter  nude  one  of  the  bath  tubs  and  be 
washed  clean ; no  matter  how  clean  you 


MORMONISM  EXPOSED.  49 

may  be  before  entering,  your  whole  body 
must  be  washed  clean  every  whit  by  one 
appointed  for  that  purpose.  After  all  parts 
of  the  body  being  washed  and  cleansed 
from  the  filth  of  the  world,  they  are  then 
anointed  with  oil,  repeating  solemn  cere- 
monies as  the  anointing  of  the  parts  pro- 
ceeds. For  instance,  when  anointing  the 
arms,  the  worker  says,  “May  they  be 
strong  to  wield  the  sword  of  truth,”  the 
secret  parts  to  be  prolific,  etc.,  these  be- 
ing anointed  by  yourself  while  the  worker 
repeats  the  ceremony,  and  so  on  for  all 
parts  of  the  body,  head,  ears,  eyes,  mouth, 
neck,  heart,  spine,  limbs,  feet  to  be  shod 
with  the  preparation  of  the  gospel  of 
peace. 

HAVING  YOUR  GARMENTS 
MARKED. 

This  act  being  over  you  pass  into  an- 
other room,  where  the  officiating  bishop, 
patriarch  or  apostle  puts  on  your  under- 
garments, and  if  not  marked,  he  marks 
them  in  the  way  described,  and  the  same 
solemn  injunctions,  not  to  take  them  off 
except  to  change,  etc.  He  then  gives  you 
a blessing  and  a new'  name,  by  which  you 
are  to  pass  through  the  temple  as  men- 
tioned before. 

PUTTING  ON  THE  TEMPLE  GARB. 

You  now  retrace  your  steps  to,  the 
rooms  wherein  you  left  your  everyday 


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MORMONISM  EXPOSED. 


clothing  and  your  temple  garb,  which  we 
have  already  described.  After  dressing 
yourself  in  white  pants,  shirt,  stockings, 
moccasins,  you  take  your  robe,  girdle,  cap, 
and  small  apron  having  fig  leaves  em- 
bossed upon  it,  or  wrought  in  by  the 
needle,  you  repair  to  another  place,  where 
you  are  asked  your  name,  and  it  being 
found  on  the  register  kept  for  that 
day  and  entered  on  the  temple  books  later 
on,  you  are  ushered  into 

THE  CREATION  ROOM 

and  take  your  seat  on  the  right  hand, 
in  the  basement ; the  windows  being 
somewhat  darkened  makes  it  very  dim, 
but  not  in  total  darkness.  Here  you 
wait  until  such  times  as  reported  by  the 
doorkeeper  that  all  are  present;  this  he 
knows  by  checking  off  the  names  of  all 
who  enter  therein.  It  is  then  announced 
by  the  officiating  bishop,  or  one  appointed 
to  that  office,  that  all  who  desire  to  go 
no  farther  have  an  opportunity  to  turn 
back.  Of  course  few,  if  any,  turn  back; 
they  desire  to  go  on  through  the  whole 
programme. 

The  passage  in  the  book  of  Genesis 
concerning  the  creation  is  then  read,  and 
when  the  words  are  pronounced,  “God 
said  let  there  be  light,”  the  electric  lights 
are  turned  on,  and  illuminate  the  room, 


MORMONISM  EXPOSED.  51 

which  appears  very  brilliant,  when  com- 
pared with  the  semi-darkness  which  pre- 
vailed shortly  before.  The  reading  is 
continued  until  the  end  of  the  Creation 
of  all  things  when  God  pronounced  them 
“very  good.”  He,  acting  as  Jehovah, 
consults  with  Adam,  who  is  with  him, 
saying,  Let  us  make  man  in  our  own  image 
and  give  him  power  over  all  things,  beasts 
of  the  field  ,etc.,  and  Eve  for  a helpmate 
to  him.  They  then  ascend  upon  an  ele- 
vator, but  shortly  descends  upon  the  same, 
and  causes  deep  sleep  to  come  to  Adam 
by  touching  Adam’s  head,  saying,  “When 
he  wakes  up  he  will  not  remember  what  has 
taken  place,  but  will  forget  all  things 
past.”  Adam  awakes  and  in  wonder 
looks  around  the  garden,  which,  no 
doubt,  represents  Eden.  Jehovah  then 
gives  him  instructions  to  dress  it  and  keep 
it  in  order.  All  things  are  for  his  use 
and  enjoyment,  but  he  must  not  eat  of 
the  tree  of  knowledge  of  good  and  evil, 
and  obey  all  the  commandments  given  to 
him  by  Jehovah,  and  he  will  visit  him  and 
give  him  more  instructions. 

At  this  point  Jehovah  ascends  upon  the 
elevator,  leaving  Adam  among  the  flow- 
ers, examining  them  and  other  beautiful 
shrubbery.  Presently  Adam  makes  his 
exit  among  the  trees,  flowers  and  shrub- 
bery of  another  part  of  the  garden.  Eve 
then  comes  in  by  another  entrance  and, 


52  MORMONISM  EXPOSED. 

while  examining  the  flowers  and  shrub- 
bery, she  also  passes  out,  apparently  to 
help  Adam.  At  this  juncture  Lucifer 
enters,  and  in  surprise  scrutinizes  the 
whole  interior  of  the  room,  and  exclaims, 
“O!  a new  world  made  after  the  pattern 
of  the  old,”  and,  while  viewing  it  with 
wonder,  Eve  enters  by  the  exit  at  Luci- 
fer’s hack,  and  while  engaged  dressing 
flowers  and  shrubs,  Lucifer  turns  around 
and  sees  her  so  employed.  It  startles 
him.  He  then  approaches  her,  and  in  a 
confiding  way  talks  to  her.  During  his 
conversation  with  her  he  alludes  to  her 
lack  of  knowledge  and  her  blindness  to 
the  true  enjoyments  of  life.  At  the  same 
time  he  points  to  a tree  whereon  ripe  fruit 
hangs  in  abundance,  and  says,  pointing 
his  finger  at  it,  “If  you  will  eat  of  the 
fruit  of  that  tree,  your  eyes  will  be  opened 
and  see  things  you  know  not  now.”  The 
name  of  that  tree  is  the  tree  of  knowl- 
edge of  good  and  evil.  He  then  goes  to 
the  tree,  plucks  off  an  apple  and  again 
approaches  her,  handing  her  the  apple, 
saying,  “Eat  this  and  you  will  become 
as  one  of  the  gods  to  know  both  good 
and  evil.”  After  great  persuasion, 
she  submits  and  eats  of  the  apple.  Im- 
mediately after  this  Lucifer  makes  his 
exit  by  one  door,  while  Adam  enters  by 
another,  and,  beholding  Eve,  he  suddenly 
stops  and  exclaims,  “You  have  eaten  of 


MORMONISM  EXPOSED.  63 

the  forbidden  fruit!  contrary  to  Father's 
command/'  She  approaches  him,  with 
apple  in  hand,  saying,  “If  you,  too,  eat  of 
this  fruit,  you  shall  see  as  I see  and  know 
as  I know,  being  as  one  of  the  gods." 
Adam  refuses,  saying  “No."  That  seems 
to  grieve  her  very  much.  She  then  asks 
the  question,  “Why  not  eat  of  this  fruit?" 
He  replies,  “Father  forbade."  She  then 
asks,  “Do  you  intend  to  keep  Father’s 
commands?"  He  replies,  “Yes,  all  of 
them."  At  this  stage  of  affairs  Lucifer 
enters,  seemingly  paying  no  attention  to 
the  presence  of  Adam  or  Eve,  but  sur- 
veys the  beauty  of  the  new  world, 
when  after  much  persuasion  with  Adam, 
she  exclaims,  “I  then  must  go  out  into 
the  cold  world  alone  and  you  will  stay 
here  to  tend  this  garden;  no  one  to  help 
you  or  be  with  you."  Adam  swiftly  turns 
round,  holding  out  his  hand,  saying,  “I 
will  then  eat  of  the  fruit  that  we  may  be 
together."  Just  then  Lucifer  ap- 

proaches. Adam,  having  eaten  of  the 
fruit,  exclaims,  “Thou  art  Lucifer."  The 
latter  grins  with  that  sort  of  grin  we  find 
upon  the  faces  of  some  men  every  day. 

Shortly  rolling,  as  of  distant  thunder,  is 
heard.  Lucifer,  as  if  in  a great  hurry, 
goes  to  Adam  and  Eve,  saying,  “Go,  get 
fig  leaves  and  make  yourselves  aprons 
and  hide  yourselves  quickly  before  the 
Lord  comes  and  sees  your  nakedness." 


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MORMONISM  EXPOSED. 


At  this  stage  of  the  act  all  present  busy 
themselves  with  fastening  on  a small 
apron,  of  uniform  size,  having  fig  leaves 
embossed  or  marked  upon  it,  each  pro- 
viding himself  or  herself  with  this  neces- 
sary adjunct  to  the  farce.  The  price  of 
the  apron  ranging  according  to  the  qual- 
ity of  the  fabric.  The  writer’s  apron  cost 
$2.50.  After  putting  on  the  aprons,  an 
elevator  descends  slowly  with  two  men 
upon  it.  Here  the  entire  third  chapter  of 
Genesis  is  enacted  in  a solemn  and  im- 
pressive manner.  After  Jehovah  ascends, 
Lucifer  enters  with  his  apron  on,  every 
emblem  being  reversed  with  the  words, 
“Holy  priesthoods,”  embossed,  also  crossed 
swords  upon  it.  The  angel  left  to  expel 
Adam  and  Eve  from  the  garden  rebukes 
Lucifer  and  commands  him  to  leave, 
which  he  does  very  reluctantly.  The 
aprons  are  then  taken  off  and  the  command 
given  to  go  forth  into  the  cold  world. 
The  sons  of  Adam  to  follow  Adam,  and 
the  daughters  of  Eve  to  follow  Eve.  They 
all  pass  into  another  room,  taking  their 
places  as  usual,  males  on  the  right  and 
females  on  the  left. 

THE  TERRESTRIAL  ROOM  OR  COLD 
WORLD. 

The  room  into  which  they  are  now 
ushered  is  called  the  terrestrial  room, 


MORMONISM  EXPOSED.  55 

which  represents  the  world.  At  the  far  end 
and  midway  between  the  walls  there  is 
an  altar,  and  a little  distance  behind  the 
altar  a platform  rises  a few  feet  above  the 
floor  of  the  room,  with  steps  at  each  end 
leading  up  to  it,  and  behind  the  platform 
a cloth  or  canvas  extends  across  the  whole 
width  of  the  room,  the  canvas  being  the 
same  height  as  the  walls,  and  touches 
the  floor,  but  can  be  easily  separated  in 
the  middle,  where  it  meets  closely  to- 
gether. This  indicates  the  veil  which 
separates  the  terrestrial  from  the  celes- 
tial spheres.  The  walls  of  the  room  are 
painted  with  drawings  of  animals,  trees, 
etc.,  supposed  to  then  exist  upon  the 
earth’s  surface  as  they  came  forth  from 
the  plastic  hand  of  God. 

The  solemn  mockeries  in  the  services  of 
the  first  act  are  now'  opened  and  carried 
on  by  singing,  led  by  an  orthodox  minis- 
ter. During  the  singing  Lucifer  comes  in 
and  accosts  the  preacher  with  the  query, 
“Are  you  a preacher?”  After  receiving 
an  answer  in  the  affirmative^  he  again 
asks,  “Are  you  an  orthodox  preacher?” 
Receiving  the  same  reply,  he  says,  “Well, 
I want  to  hire  an  orthodox  preacher  for 
all  my  children  here.  Are  you  out  of  a 
job?”  Being  informed  that  he  is,  and, 
after  hearing  him  preach  his  trial  sermon 
about  a god  sitting  on  top  of  a topless 
throne,  Lucifer  proposes  to  hire  him  at 


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MORMONISM  EXPOSED. 


a small  salary,  times  being  hard,  but  if  he 
suits  Lucifer's  children  and  pleases  them 
well,  his  salary  will  be  increased  largely. 
This  pleases  the  minister  and  he  accepts 
the  job.  Lucifer  picks  up  his  stovepipe 
hat  and  sets  it  on  one  side  of  his  head. 
The  minister  takes  up  his  also  and  sets  it 
well  back  on  his  head,  so  that  the  rim 
touches  the  collar  of  his  coat,  and  retires, 
but  turns  back  and  asks  Lucifer,  if  any 
miracles  are  to  be  performed,  or,  if  any 
apostles  or  prophets  are  to  be  in  the 
church,  the  reply  being,  “No,  they  are 
not  needed,  and,  as  for  miracles,  you  may 
sometimes  break  an  arm  and  put  it  to- 
gether again;  that  is  all.”  The  preacher 
retires,  leaving  Lucifer  with  his  children. 

Adam  takes  no  part  in  the  services,  but 
protests  against  them.  After  the  preacher 
retires  Adam  uncovers  the  altar,  and  is 
about  to  worship,  when  Lucifer,  beholding 
it,  exclaims,  pointing  to  it,  “Woe  unto 
any  man  who  will  build  an  altar  in  any 
part  of  my  domain.  I will  ‘rule  from  the 
rivers  to  the  mountains  and  none  dare  dis- 
pute my  authority.”  He  then  retires,  and 
Adam  calls  upon  his  Father  to  send  him 
down  some  one  to  instruct  him.  Lucifer 
returns  and  asks  Adam  who  he  was  call- 
ing upon.  Adam  replies,  “My  Father.” 
Lucifer  says,  “I  am  he,”  but  Adam  will 
not  accept  him  as  such,  and  calls  again, 
“Father,  Father.”  After  further  persua- 


MORMONISM  EXPOSED.  57 

sions  and  threatenings  by  Lucifer  to  Adam, 
three  men  come  down  a stair  near  the  al- 
tar, who  give  their  names  as  they  de- 
scend, saying,  ‘‘I  am  Peter,  I am  James, 
I am  John/’  Lucifer  acknowledges  he 
knows  them.  Peter  asks  Adam,  “What 
is  wanted?”  Adam  replies,  “I  want  in- 
structions from  my  Father ; this  man  is 
teaching  my  brothers  <‘and  sisters  false 
doctrines;  he  will  not  allow  me  to  build 
an  altar  and  worship  thereon.”  Peter  then 
turns  to  Lucifer,  who  says,  “I  have  hired 
an  instructor ' for  my  children  here,  but 
this  one,”  pointing  to  Adam,  “is  disobe- 
dient and  will  not  accept  his  teachings,  but 
wants  to  build  an  altar  and  worship  in  his 
own  way.” 

Peter  then  rebukes  him  and  orders  him 
out.  Lucifer  then  turns  from  Peter  and 
commences  to  address  the  congregation, 
whom  he  calls  his  children.  Peter  again 
rebukes  him,  telling  him  not  to  preach 
any  more,  and  orders  him  out,  pointing 
to  the  door.  Lucifer  turns  round  to  Pe- 
ter and  asks,  “By  whose  authority  do  you 
order  me  out?”  Peter  answers,  “By  the 
authority  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ.”  Lu- 
cifer retires.  After  giving  instructions 
to  Adam,  who  seems  to  have  been  a little 
doubtful  of  their  identity,  Peter  assures 
him  by  giving  him  a sign  and  grip  of  the 
hand.  This  satisfies  Adam  that  they  were 
sent  by  his  Father,  and  he  promises  to 


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MORMONISM  EXPOSED. 


obey  the  instructions  given,  after  which 
all  three  ascend  the  stair  to  report  to  Je- 
hovah ; and  this  ends  the  first  act  in  the 
religious  drama. 

THE  TEMPLE  GARB. 

They  all  put  on  their  white  robes,  white 
caps  and  white  girdle  over  their  shoulders, 
preparatory  to  officiating  in  the  offices 
of  the  Holy  priesthood,  the  females  wear- 
ing white  veils  over  their  faces,  instead 
of  white  caps,  and  all  change  their  robes 
from  left  to  right  shoulder,  according  to 
the  priesthood  they  officiate  in — Aaronic 
or  Melchisedec. 

VOWS  MADE  AND  TAKEN. 

I was  about  to  neglect  to  state  a very 
important  ptart  in  the  religious  Idrama, 
namely,  the  vows  made  and  taken.  These 
vows  are  of  so  cruel  and  irreligious  a 
nature  and  so  impressively  made  and 
taken  as  to  almost  make  it  impossible  for 
anyone  to  be  foolhardy  enough  to  divulge 
them  to  the  outside  world.  This,  no  doubt, 
has  been  the  cause  of  their  carrying  on 
their  diabolical  schemes  so  successfully 
in  their  secret,  but  not  sacred,  houses  so 
as  to  evade  the  laws  of  the  land,  but  they 
cannot  evade  the  retribution  of  Almighty 
God,  whose  anger  is  now  kindled  against 
them. 

Some  of  the  vows  are  that  “Should 
I ever  make  known  the  work  carried  on 


MORMONISM  EXPOSED.  59 

in  the  temple,  with  its  signs,  grips  and 
penalties  attached  thereto  in  any  way  or 
manner  to  any  person  or  persons  outside 
of  the  temple  walls,  not  even  to  speak 
them  to  those  who  have  been  in  the  tem- 
ple, “that  my  throat  may  be  cut  from  ear  to 
ear.”  All  rise  and  stand  while  making 
and  taking  this  vow,  repeating  the  words, 
at  the  same  time  drawing  the  right  hand 
across  the  throat  when  repeating  the 
words  “Cut  from  ear  to  ear.”  Another 
brutal  penalty  attached  to  the  divulging  or 
making  known  the  things  done  or  said  in 
the  temple  is : “That  my  bov/els  may  be 
cut  across  and  fall  out,”  at  the  same  time 
drawing  the  right  hand  across  the  stom- 
ach. 

Now,  dear  reader,  whatever  you  may 
be,  a Mormon  elder,  who  knows  this  to 
be  true,  or  one  who  has  never  been  in  the 
temple  and  know  nothing  of  their  se- 
cret doings  and  workings,  I ask  you  as  a 
human  being,  in  the  name  of  common 
sense  and  sound,  rational  judgment,  apart 
form  religion,  would  the  great  Eternal  God 
and  His  Son  Jesus  Christ  authorize  any 
of  His  children  who  had  formed  them- 
selves into  a secret  combination  to  exact 
such  vows  and  execute  such  pen- 
alties upon  any  one  who  would  dare  make 
known  the  acts  committed  by  them  in  that 
house  built  by  Brigham  Young  and 
marked  above  the  door,  “Holiness  unto 


60  MORMONISM  EXPOSED. 

the  Lord,”  to  cloak  the  dastardly  acts  of 
this  secret  combination  of  fanatical  hypo- 
crites, all  in  the  name  of  religion. 

O ! ye  fallen  people,  will  you  not  stop 
and  think,  would  the  meek  and  lowly  Je- 
sus sanction  such  horrible  conduct  and 
claim  you  as  His  Church,  “The  'Church 
of  Jesus  Christ?”  You  have  no  claim 
uj-on  the  sympathy  of  the  world,  especially 
the  religious  world,  to  uphold  you  in  your 
dark  deeds  of  crime,  murder,  adultery, 
false  teachings  and  misconceptions  of  the 
Word  of  God. 

There  is  another  vow  that  you  will  lay 
your  life  down  for  the  Church.  The  vow 
on  tithing  of  one-tenth  your  income,  I have 
no  objection  to,  provided  the  tithings 
were  appropriated  for  the  work  of  the 
Lord,  and  the  Church  members  to  unite 
in  the  worship  of  God  with  His  Spirit  to 
guide,  and  not  the  murderous,  adulterous 
spirits  of  mammon,  as  taught  in  the  tem- 
ple, where  the  world  cannot  hear  or  see. 

I now  vow  that  I am  willing  to  lay  down 
my  life  to  expose  to  the  world  your  dark, 
hidden  schemes  and  treacherous  deception, 
invented,  in  the  name  of  religion,  in  or- 
der to  save  the  souls  of  men  and  women 
from  the  snares  of  your  hidden  traps, 
concealed  from  the  world,  but  revealed  in 
your  temples,  erected  for  the  worship  of 
your  gods,  licentiousness  and  mammon. 


MORMONISM  EXPOSED.  61 

WORK  IN  THE  TEMPLE. 

Let  us  now'  return  to  the  work  going  on 
in  the  temple.  As  we  said  before,  all  are 
dressed  in  white  robes  of  similar  pattern, 
males  having  on  caps  and  females  veils ; 
they  also  have  white  girdles  of  the  same 
texture  over  the  shoulders  and  fastened 
around  the  waist.  The  vows  all  being 
made  and  the  cruel  penalties  attached 
thereto  forcibly  impressed  upon  the  mind, 
should  any  dare  to  make  them  known, 
they  next  proceed  to  give  you 

SIGNS  AND  GRIPS, 

By  which  you  may  be  known  among  the 
Mormons,  but  unknown  to  the  Gentile 
or  world.  As  they  say,  signs  and  grips 
are  called  the  signs  and  grips  of  the  holy 
priesthood,  a sweet  and  holy  name  applied 
to  their  corrupt  schemes. 

The  signs  of  the  Aaronic  and  Melchi- 
sedec  priesthood  are  as  follows:  Upon 

shaking  hands,  place  the  thumb  over  the 
knuckle  of  the  index  finger,  press  it,  then 
move  it  into  the  hollow  between  the  in- 
dex and  middle  fingers.  The  Melchise- 
dec  priesthood  extends  the  fore  or  index 
finger  along  the  wrist  over  the  pulse  of 
the  friend  with  whom  you  shake  hands. 
The  patriarchal  sign  or  grip  extend  the 
thumb  between  the  thumb  and  forefinger 
of  the  friend’s  hand,  press  it  firmly  and 


62  MORMONISM  EXPOSED. 

lock  the  little  finger ; if  you  cannot,  press 
it  firmly  with  the  little  finger. 

SIGN  OF  THE  NAIL. 

Hold  up  the  left  hand  as  high  as  the 
shoulder,  fingers  extended  and  closed, with 
the  palm  facing  toward  the  right,  then 
with  the  index  finger,  other  fingers  be- 
ing closed,  of  the  right  hand,  place  the 
index  finger  of  the  right  hand  in  the  palm 
or  hollow  of  the  left  hand  and  perpen- 
dicular to  it,  then  draw  the  finger  down 
to  the  wrist  and  perpendicular  to  it ; 
hold  it  there  a while.  Should  any  Mor- 
mon be  among  the  crowd,  they  will  know 
you  by  this  sign.  They  claim  that  when 
Christ  was  on  the  cross,  another  nail  was 
driven  through  the  wrist,  lest  the  weight 
of  the  body  should  tear  the  other  nail 
through  the  fingers.  But  such  is  not  the 
case ; so  said  an  eye-witness  to  the  hor- 
rible death  of  our  Blessed  Lord.  It  is 
another  of  their  false  teachings.  No  rec- 
ord of  it  in  sacred  or  secular  history. 

There  is  one  more  by  which  you  may 
make  yourself  known  to  a crowd,  or  even 
to  a single  person.  Raise  the  right  hand 
as  high  as  the  head,  palm  outward,  and 
say  can ; then  lower  it  as  low  as  the  shoul- 
der, arm  close  to  the  body,  and  say  can; 
then  drop  it  to  the  side,  at  the  same  time 
say  can;  for  instance,  can , can , can  you 
inform,  or  can  you  show  me,  or  can  you 
tell  me,  where  I can  find,  etc.  This  sign 


MORMONISM  EXPOSED.  63 

is  not.  likely  to  be  observed  only  by  those 
who  know  it.  It  is  the  Adamic  sign, 
the  word  can  being  used  by  Adam,  and 
signifies  help,  distress. 

THE  CELESTIAL  ROOM. 

Your  girdle  now  being  changed  to  the 
other  shoulder,  you  sit  and  patiently  wait 
until  you  are  called.  You  then  step  onto 
the  platform  before  the  veil  and  knock 
three  times  with  the  gavel.  This  is  done 
by  one  placed  there  as  prompter,  un- 
til you  can  become  acquainted  with 
the  ceremonies  by  daily  practice  in  doing 
work  for  others.  The  door  is  then  opened 
a little  and  a man’s  head  appears,  the 
body  being  concealed.  He  asks  the  ques- 
tion, “What  is  wanted?”  You  answer, 
“Admittance.”  “Why  do  you  want  in?” 
Answer,  “To  receive  blessings  (endow- 
ments) for  myself,”  or  if  another,  say  so. 
Question,  “Have  you  on  your  garments 
and  are  they  marked?”  You  answer, 
“Yes.”  You  are  then  directed  to  another 
aperture  to  the  right,  situated  midway 
between  you  and  the  end  of  the  veil.  If 
you  have  brought  a female  with  you  to 
perform  work  for  your  female  Relatives 
and  friends,  she  also  goes  through  the 
same  routine  as  yourself,  but  at  the  left- 
hand  side.  You  approach  the  aforesaid 
aperture,  and  the  party  behind  the  veil 
asks  your  name.  You  then  give  the  new 
name  given  you  bv  the  working  Bishop 


64  MORMONISM  EXPOSED. 

or  patriarch  who  put  on  and  marked  your 
garments  after  your  washings  and  anoint- 
ings. You  then  extend  your  right  hand 
through  a small  aperture  in  the  veil.  It 
is  grasped  by  a hand  within  and  you  give 
the  patriarchal  grip,  so  as  to  assure  the 
one  behind  the  veil  that  you  are  worthy 
of  admittance.  You  then  extend  your 
left  hand  through  another  round  and 
small  aperture  on  your  left,  standing 
close  up  to  the  veil.  Still  holding  the 
right  hand  with  the  patriarchal  grip,  you 
place  your  right  foot  against  the  inside 
of  the  right  foot  of  the  person  behind 
the  veil,  so  as  the  inner  part  of  your 
knee  will  press  against  the  inner  part  of 
the  knee  of  the  other  behind  the  veil,  a hori- 
zontal aperture  being  made  in  the  veil  for 
that  purpose;  in  this  position  close  up  to 
the  veil  and  every  word  spoken  in  a 
whisper,  the  person  inside  places  his  left 
hand  and  arm  through  another  aperture 
to  his  left  and  embrace  each  other.  Mid- 
way between  these  apertures  there  is 
another  horizontal  one,  where  both  speak 
through  in  a voice  scarcely  audible  above 
a whisper. 

It  is  here  that  great  blessings  are  be- 
stowed upon  the  one  outside  the  veil,  and 
if  a male,  great  powers  in  the  priesthood 
conferred  through  all  time  and  through- 
out all  eternity.  You  then  return  to. 
the  middle  door,  where  you  first 


MORMONISM  EXPOSED.  65 

knocked  three  times  for  admittance.  The 
door  is  opened,  you  are  taken  by  the  hand, 
welcomed  as  worthy  of  admittance. 
When  inside,  if  you  have  a female  with 
you,  you  go  through  precisely  the  same 
performance,  omitting  powers  of  the 
priesthood,  no  females  being  ordained. 
You  welcome  her  as  being  worthy  and 
lead  her  by  the  hand  into  the 

CELESTIAL  ROOM  OR  SPHERE. 

This  room  is  to  represent  the  celestial 
sphere,  where  the  souls  of  the  righteous 
dwell  in  peace,  love,  joy,  and  harmony 
together  in  the  presence  of  God.  In  this 
room  marriage  ceremonies  and  sealings, 
both  for  the  living  and  the  dead,  are  per- 
formed in  all  solemnity.  The  marriage 
ceremonies  and  sealings  for  the  dead 
are  the  same  as  those  performed  for  the 
living,  except  where  the  one  officiating 
says  to  the  proxy,  “I  lay  my  hands  upon 

your  head  for  and  behalf  of  .”  Here 

the  name  of  the  dead  is  mentioned  and 
the  word  dead  added. 

There  are  two  small  rooms  set  off,  but 
in  line  with  the  main  body  of  the  Celes- 
tial room,-  with  an  altar  in  each,  one  for 
the  living  and  one  for  the  dead.  In  these 
rooms  marriage  ceremonies  and  sealings, 
both  for  the  living  and  the  dead,  are  per- 
formed for  time  and  eternity.  The  so- 
demnity  of  the  services  just  gone  through 


66 


MORMONISM  EXPOSED. 


for  admittance  into  this  room  has  been 
the  occasion  of  many  a young  couple 
who  entered  the  temple  for  the  purpose 
of  getting  married,  neither  of  whom 
having  been  in  the  temple  before,  sup- 
posing that  the  young  bride  being  held  by 
the  hand  and  welcomed  as  worthy  to  en- 
ter the  sacred  room,  have  made  their 
exit  down  the  stair,  fully  believing  they 
had  been  united  in  holy  wedlock,  before 
the  error  was  found  out  by  them  or  some 
one  else,  but  when  called  upon  by  the  law 
of  the  land  to  show  their  marriage  cer- 
tificate, ' they  had  none  to  show,  and  the 
consequence  was  they  had  to  repair  to 
the  temple  and  repeat  the  performance 
again  until  they  arrived  at  that  stage  of 
the  programme  where  they  were  admit- 
ted into  the  sealing  room,  where  the  mar- 
riage ceremony  was  gone  through  and 
sealed  for  time  and  for  eternity. 

CAUSE  OF  JOINING  THE  MOR- 
MONS. 

While  the  whole  programme  of  the  tem- 
ple farce  is  but  solemn  mockery  in  the 
sight  of  the  Lord,  the  writer  gives  them 
credit  for  not  introducing  another  act 
into  their  religious  farce,  namely,  that  of 
being  baptized  by  proxy  for  others  who 
are  living  as  well  as  for  the  dead,  and 
have  washings,  anointings,  laying  on 
hands,  sealings,  etc.,  performed  for  them. 


MORMONISM  EXPOSED.  67 

The  one  seems  just  now  as  reasonable  as 
the  other,  but  we  must  admit  there  was  a 
time  when  it  did  not.  That  was  before 
the  writer  was  taught  the  true  meaning 
of  the  passage  mentioned  in  1st  Cor., 
15th  chapter  and  29th  verse;  the  passage 
upon  which  the  Mormons  build  their 
foundation  for  their  vicarious  work  for 
the  dead.  It  reads  as  follows : “Else 

what  shall  they  do  which  are  baptized  for 
the  dead  if  the  dead  rise  not  at  all,  why 
are  you  then  baptized  for  the  dead?” 

1st.  At  their  death  they  leave  their 
mortal  bodies,  as  Christ  did;  their  bodies 
return  into  dust,  but  Christ’s  bodv  did 
not,  because  the  Father  said,  “I  will  not 
suffer  my  Holy  One  to  see  corruption” — 
and  taken  upon  themselves  their  immortal, 
or  spiritual  bodies,  as  Christ  did,  for  three 
days  when  He  went  and  preached  to  the 
spirits  in  prison,  which  bodies  they  oc- 
cupy until  the  resurrection ; they  then 
return  back  to  their  mortal  bodies,  as 
Christ  did,  which  shall  be  gathered  at  the 
last  and  general  judgment.  Rev.  20:12-15. 
It  is  appointed  unto  men  once  to  die  and 
after  death  the  judgment.  Heb.  9:27. 

From  the  above  it  may  be  seen  that  one 
man  cannot  carry  out  the  Divine  law  for 
another.  The  writer  did  engage  in  work 
of  this  nature,  believing,  as  taught  by 
the  Mormons,  that  the  Great  Eternal 
Father  sanctioned  such  work  and  re- 


68  MORMONISM  EXPOSED. 

vealed  to  Joseph  Smith  and  Brigham 
Young  how  it  ought  to*  be  carried  on  in 
a house  built  for  that  purpose. 

The  passage  in  Corinthians,  when  ex- 
plained by  the  Mormons,  appears  to  bear 
the  Royal  impress  of  truth,  and  by  their 
exposition  of  it  was  led  to  join  them  and 
hasten  to  Salt  Lake  Utah,  with  a heart 
filled  with  joy  and  gladness  that  the  Lord 
had  spared  my  life  to  become  as  the  Mor- 
mons have  it,  “A  savior  for  my  people.” 

MY  REASON  FOR  LEAVING  THE 
MORMONS. 

While  my  heart  was  filled  with  joy  and 
gladness  in  anticipation  of  a glorious 
resurrection,  to  rise  and  reign  with 
Christ  the  Lord,  believing  that  the  bap- 
tism by  immersion  administered  to  me  had 
washed  away  my  sins,  it  being  performed 
by  one  who  held  authority  from  the  Lord 
to  act  in  His  name,  and  that  the  laying 
on  of  hands  for  the  reception  of  the  Holy 
Ghost  had  implanted  within  me  that 
greatest  of  all  gifts,  more  to  be  prized  than 
honor,  fame  or  riches,  I earnestly  applied 
myself  to  the  cultivation  of  the  spiritual 
gifts  which  were  to  follow  all  true  be- 
lievers, praying  to  the  Lord  to  give  me 
those  which  He,  in  His  Divine  wisdom, 
knew  I could  best  use  in  His  work  among 
my  fellow-men  upon  the  earth,  I earnestly 
sought  after  them,  calling  upon  Him  day 


MORMONISM  EXPOSED.  69 

and  night  for  manifestations  of  the  same, 
promising  that  by  His  help  my  life  should 
be  consistent  with  them,  and  trusting  to 
meet  His  approval.  I ceased  not  to  re- 
turn thanks  to  Him  for  raising  up  prophets 
such  as  Joseph  Smith  and  his  successor, 
Brigham  Young,  together  with  apostles 
and  other  prophets,  to  lead  his  children  in 
these  last  days  of  strife  and  contention  in 
the  religious  world,  praising  his  holy  name 
for  sparing  me  to  behold  the  first  dawn 
of  the  millennium  morning  as  it  burst  forth 
to  clear  away  the  dark  clouds  of  infidelity 
which  have  enveloped  the  earth  for  so  long 
a time,  and  then,  turning  my  attention  to 
the  grandeur  of  the  work  carried  on  in 
the  temple,  my  thoughts  brought  me  back 
to  the  vows  made  and  taken,  the  signs  and 
grips  by  which  they  could  secretly  make 
themselves  known  to  their  own  combina- 
tion, and  asked  myself  the  question,  Is  it 
possible  that  a loving,  kind  and  affection- 
ate Father  would  sanction  so  cruel 
deaths  to  be  inflicted  upon  any  of  His 
children  for  making  known  outside  the 
temple  the  things  He  permitted  done  in 
His  name  inside  the  temple.  Oh,  Cod, 
why  is  it? 

I heard  a voice  say  unto  me,  “Marshall, 
Marshall,  why  persecutest  thou  the*  Lord 
Jesus  Christ?”  I said,  “Wherein  do  I per- 
secute Him?”  The  voice  answered  and 
said : “By  teaching  for  doctrines  the  com- 


70  MORMONISM  EXPOSED. 

mandments  of  men.”  Again  I asked,  “In 
what  do  I teach  for  doctrines  the  com- 
mandments of  men?”  The  reply  was. 
“You  belong  to  a fallen  people,  an  apos- 
tate church  and  know  it  not.  Arise 
and  be  baptized  and  wash  away  thy  sins, 
calling  upon  the  name  of  the  Lord,  and 
be  cleansed  from  all  the  iniquities  of  thy 
fallen  people,  and  it  shall  be  made  known 
unto  thee  wherein  thou  doest  err,  and  in  thy 
ignorance  doest  persecute  thou  the  Lord 
Jesus  Christ,  who  died  for  thee  and  rose 
again  that  thou  mightest  live  and  enjoy 
eternal  felicity  in  His  presence.” 

“The  anger  of  the  Lord  thy  God  is  now 
kindled  against  thy  fallen  people,  against 
their  teachings,  against  their  practices  and 
against  their  corruption  in  their  temples. 
They  are  doomed  for  destruction  unless 
they  repent.” 

I obeyed  the  voice  and  was  baptized  for 
the  remission  of  my  sins,  after  which  many 
things  were  made  known  unto  me,  some 
of  which  are  given  here  and  some  reserved 
for  future  use  when  the  dark  cloud  which 
hangs  over  the  Mormon  Church  shall 
pass  away,  leaving  them  a better  and  more 
religious  people,  not  worshipping  dead, 
false  prohpets,  and  not  pin  their  faith  upon 
the  hypocritical  garments  which  cover  the 
living  ones  of  the  same  order. 

Should  the  writer  not  survive  to  see  the 
cloud  of  smoke  arising  from  the  ashes  of 


MORMONISM  EXPOSED.  71 

their  burning  pass  away,  he  has  the  assur- 
ance that  thousands  and  tens  of  thousands 
will  put  on  the  armor  and  keep  the  battle 
raging  until  the  last  vestige  of  their 
pernicious  practices  and  soul-destroying 
secret  customs  shall  clear  away,  when  none 
shall  be  left  to  say,  I am  a Mormon. 

The  writer  earnestly  trusts  that  many 
will  turn  and  be  cleansed  from  the  in- 
iquities of  their  people  ere  it  be  too  late, 
for  the  Lord’s  anger  is  now  kindled  against 
His  rebellious  children.  He  has  many  pow- 
erful agents  of  destruction.  Remember  San 
Francisco,  and  learn  the  fate  of  your  beau- 
tiful temple  and  temple  block,  which  may 
suddenly  pass  away  and  be  found  no  more. 

The  Great  Eternal  God  has  decreed  that 
Mormonism  shall  fall,  and  unless  they 
repent  and  turn  from  their  false  teachings 
and  corrupt,  horrible  practices  untoj  the 
Lord,  who  will  have  mercy  upon  them,  the 
blood-stained  fields  of  battle  will  mark 
their  final  struggles  and  the  name  Mor- 
monism handed  down  in  history  as  an 
enemy  of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ  and  His 
righteousness. 

“Their  house  is  left  unto  them  desolate.” 
In  the  upper  chamber  of  their  house,  which 
they  call  “Angelic  Chamber,”  where  their 
high  officials  assemble  to  receive  commu- 
nications from  that  high  and  Holy  Sphere, 
they  never  have  nor  never  shall  receive 
a communication  from  that  High  and 


72 


M0RM0N1SM  EXPOSED. 


Holy  habitation,  not  only  from  the  celes- 
tial sphere  which  is  one  degree  below,  but, 
no  doubt,  they  all  have  received  mes- 
sages from  good  spirits  who  dwell  in  other 
spheres  below.  Christ  said,  “In  my  Fa- 
ther’s house  are  many  mansions.”  In  the 
above-named  sphere  none  but  the  pure  in 
heart  can  dwell. 

They  can  quote  the  passage,  “Are  they 
not  all  ministering  spirits  sent  forth  to 
minister  for  them  who  shall  be  heirs  of 
salvation.”  Heb.  1,  14th  verse.  But  un- 
derstand not  the  full  import  of  that  text. 
They  have  accepted  the  teachings  of  these 
lower  order  of  spirits,  who.,  like  them- 
selves, before  their  departure  to  their  sev- 
eral abodes  in  those  spheres,  knew  not, 
neither  did  they  practice  the  purity  of 
Christ’s  teachings,  by  keeping  His  com- 
mandments. 

Kind  reader,  I ask  you  in  the  name  of 
common  sense,  will  angels  or  spirits  of 
just  men  made  perfect,  for  there  is  a vast 
difference  between  angels  and  spirits  of 
just  men  made  perfect — will  either  of 
them  enter  their  so-called  “Angelic  room” 
and  teach  them  the  baneful  doctrines  of 
polygamy  by  which  they  can  gratify  their 
lusts ; also  the  secret  signs  and  grips  by 
which  they  can  themselves  be  made  known 
to  one  another  while  walking  along  the 
streets  of  our  cities  and  towns,  and  the  most 
horrible  punishment  inflicted  by  them 


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upon  all  who  might  awake  from  the  hyp- 
notic spell  under  which  they  have  been 
placed  through  the  incantations  of  the 
delusive  temple  ceremonies.  If  so,  then 
there  is  no  God  of  justice,  mercy  and 
truth,  or  meek  and  lowly  Nazarene,  whose 
teachings  have  been  accepted  by  the 
Christian  world,  and  are  diametrically 
opposed  to  those  enacted  in  their  (holy) 
temple  farces. 

It  is  not  the  writer’s  purpose  at  this  time 
to  attack  the  doctrines  taught  by  them 
to  the  outer  world,  some  of  which  are 
seasoned  with  truth  to  lure  on,  while 
others  are  comprised  of  bitter  herbs  with 
a little  truth  sprinkled  over  to  give  them 
appearance. 

Of  these  two  classes  we  shall  take  one 
of  each  as  a sample  of  the  others ; both  of 
which  we  take  from  their  thirteen  articles 
of  faith,  printed  upon  the  back  of  their 
traveling  elders’  cards.  The  second  ar- 
ticle reads  thus : “We  believe  that  men  will 
be  punished  for  their  own  sins,  and  not 
for  Adam’s  transgression.”  According  to 
this  article,  they  do  not  believe  that  men 
are  born  in  sin.  Thereby  they  form  a mis- 
conception of  the  words  of  our  Blessed 
Master  to  Nicodemus,  John  3d  chapter, 
verses  3-6.  The  thirteenth  article  reads 
thus : “We  believe  in  being  honest,  true, 
chaste,  benevolent,  virtuous  and  in  doing 
good  to  all  men;  indeed,  we  may  say  that 


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we  follow  the  admonition  of  Paul,  “We 
believe  all  things,  we  hope  all  things,  we 
have  endured  many  things,  and  hope  to  be 
able  to  endure  all  things.  If  there  is  any- 
thing virtuous,  lovely,.,  of  good  report,  or 
praiseworthy,  we  seek  after  these  things/’ 

The  above  is  a good  coating  or  sprink- 
ling of  the  very  essence  of  religious 
thought,  backed  up  by  the  quotation  taken 
from  Paul’s  letter,  “We  believe  all  things, 
we  hope  all  things,”  to  hide  their  other 
teachings,  especially  those  taught  in  their 
temples. 

Now,  let  me  ask,  Do  they  believe  in  be- 
ing virtuous,  when  at  the  same  time  they 
teach  and  practice  polygamy?  They  teach 
that  Christ  the  Son  of  God  had  three 
wives.  This,  no  doubt,  is  true  of  Joseph 
Smith,  but  not  of  the  Divine  Master,  wiio 
never  knew  woman  by  having  sexual  in- 
tercourse with  her.  The  civilized  world 
being  against  them  for  their  pernicious 
teachings,  they  have  tried  to  keep  out  of 
history  the  truth  that  Joseph  Smith  taught 
and  practiced  it,  as  their  leader,  but  the 
records  of  the  Criminal  Court  at  Carthage, 
111.,  prove  facts.  They  do  not  reverse 
things  to  suit  the  times,  as  the  Mormons 
do,  and  then  cry  out  that  the  world  is 
against  them.  As  men  and  women  the 
world  is  not  against  them,  but  against  their 
evil  ways.  They  cannot  hoist  up  Joseph 
Smith  and  his  successor,  Brigham  Young, 


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any  longer  before  the  world  as  prophets 
of  the  Great  Jehovah.  Of  course,  they 
were  prophets  of  the  god  they  worship- 
ed after  that  good  man  Maroni  took  his 
departure;  when  Smith  and  Young  hatched 
up  stuff,  after  changing  parts  of  the  his- 
tory and  inserted  it  at  the  close  of  the 
book  as  Maroni’s  work,  in  order  to  give  it 
a coloring,  like  the  fabrication  of  the  book 
being  translated  by  use  of  the  urim  and 
thummim,  saying  it  is  a Divinely  inspired 
beck,  and  quote  Scripture  to  prove  it,  such 
as  “Truth  shall  spring  out  of  the  earth, 
and  righteousness  shall  look  down  from 
heaven.”  Ps.  85,  11th  verse.  They  neg- 
lect to  read  the  next  two  verses,  which 
plain!)  show  that  David  was  speaking  of 
the  Son  of  God  coming  in  the  flesh,  and  not 
the  book  of  Mormon  coming  out  of  the 
ground ; the  same  with  other  passages  of 
the  Scriptures. 

Beloved  reader,  the  book  of  Mormon  is 
no  more  divinely  inspired  than  any  other 
history.  The  history  of  the  United  States, 
or  of  the  American  Continent,  from  the 
time  of  its  discovery  by  Christopher  Colum- 
bus down  to  the  present  time,  is  as  much 
a holy  record  as  that  of  the  book  of  Mormon 
or  any  part  thereof,  and  the  writer  of  the 
history  of  these  United  States,  or  of  any 
state  or  country  deserves  more  credit  for 
being  divinely  inspired  than  Joseph  Smith, 
because  they  used  their  heart,  brain  and 


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M0RM0N1SM  EXPOSED. 


hand,  whereas  Joseph  Smith  being  'con- 
trolled by  the  writers,  had  nothing  to  do 
but  sit  still  and  let  the  words  roll  out  of  his 
mouth  in  modern  language,  while  Martin 
Harris  wrote  them  down.  The  last  good 
spirit  to  control  Smith  was  Moroni,  else  he 
never  would  ha/e  thrown  himself  out  of 
the  window,  thereby  committing  suicide. 

Kind  reader,  please  let  me  state  a case 
somewhat  similar  in  nature  to  that  of  Jo- 
seph Smith,  which  very  recently  occurred 
and  is  still  fresh  in  the  minds  of  men 
nearly  all  over  the  world,  especially  in 
these  United  States.  It  is  that  of  John 
Alexander  Dowie,  who  being  possessed  of 
strong  mediumistic  powers,  was  utilized  by 
a higher  intelligence,  whereby  he  built  up 
a large,  flourishing  city,  called  Zion,  about 
ten  miles  from  Chicago,  Illinois,  U.  S.  A., 
and  established  a church  worthy  the  ad- 
miration of  the  Christian  world,  with 
branches  all  over  these  United  States,  and 
foreign  countries.  Criticized  by  the  clergy 
and  laity  of  all  Christian  denominations,  yet 
it  bore  a fair  example  of  Christ’s  teachings 
among  them  all.  He  accumulated  wealth 
and  purchased  millions’  worth  of  property 
in  a short  period  of  time,  that  influence  de- 
parted from  him  and  he  was  controlled 
by  that  of  a lower  order ; then  contentions 
and  dissensions  arose  in  the  beautiful  City 
of  “Zion,”  even  in  his  home,  among  his 
wife  and  children,  who  all  departed  from 


MORMONISM  EXPOSED.  77 

him  and  left  him  to  die  a mental  wreck. 

The  writer  now  knows  the  voice  he 
heard  and  remembers  the  instiuctions  given 
him.  The  publication  and  circulation  of 
this  booklet  being  the  first  duty  required, 
apart  from  keeping  the  laws  of  God,  the 
Great  Eternal  Father,  and  His  Son  Jesus 
Christ,  others  shall  follow  in  close  succes- 
sion, until  the  Mormon  temples  shall  change 
their  names  and  be  utilized  for  more  noble 
and  more  Godly  purposes.  Though  the 
writer  may  not  survive  the  brunt  of  the 
battle,  others  more  qualified  than  he  shall 
take  his  place  and  wage  the  Mormon  war 
by  carrying  it  on  until  the  purposes  of  the 
Great  Jehovah  and  His  Son  Jesus  Christ 
shall  be  accomplished. 

Then,  and  not  until  then,  shall  the  war 
cry  cease  and  the  banner  of  our  Divine 
Leader  be  furled  in  the  arms  of  peace,  joy 
and  salvation  to  the  souls  of  men,  women 
and  children,  who,  now  unwittingly  in  their 
blindness,  worship  at  the  low  shrine  of  sen- 
suality; paying  honorable  tribute  to  the 
memory  of  dead  false  prophets,  who  were 
the  originators  and  instigators  of  such  cor- 
rupt and  hellish  practices. 

The  writer,  who  was  at  one  time  as  sin- 
cere and  devoted  to  the  Mormon  cause  and 
its  promulgation  throughout  the  world  as 
any  man,  from  their  president  down' to  the 
most  humble  worshiper  in  their  faith  and 
creed,  believing  he  was  serving  the  Lord 


78  MORMONISM  EXPOSED. 

and  His  Son,  Jesus  Christ,  the  Redeemer 
of  all,  honestly  and  faithfully,  before 
Him  and  his  fellow-men,  and  desirous  of 
bringing  others  into  the  supposed  fold  of 
the  Great  Shepherd.  But  now  he  ceases 
not  to  return  thanks  to  his  Heavenly  Father 
for  leading  him  into  the  glorious  light  of 
truth  as  it  is  in  Christ  Jesus,  through  the 
voice  he  heard,  which  gave  him  instruc- 
tions how  to  leave  the  dark  valley  below, 
where  he  had  been  fed  upon  the  stale  hay, 
wilted  leaves  and  decayed  vegetation  of 
dead  and  corrupt  supposed  prophets  of  the 
Lord  and  embrace  the  truths  as  presented 
to  him  showing  that  Joseph  Smith  and 
Brigham  Young  were  not  prophets  of  the 
Eternal  Jehovah  and  that  the  book  of  Mor- 
mon is  no  more  divinely  inspired  than  any 
other  history  of  other  people,  state  or  coun- 
try ; that  our  Blessed  Lord  did  not  organ- 
ize His  Church  upon  the  Western  Conti- 
nent, but  did  upon  the  Eastern,  and  sent 
forth  His  apostles,  saying,  “Go  ye  into  all 
the  world.” 

Dear  reader,  you  may  rest  assured,  so 
true  as  I value  the  eternal  salvation  of  my 
soul  and  so  true  as  that  I must  answer 
before  the  Great  Eternal  Judge  of  all  for 
every  word  written  in  this  book,  I solemnly 
declare  before  Him  and  the  holy  angels 
that  Jesus  Christ,  the  Son  of  the  Great 
Eternal  God,  did  not  establish  or  organize 
His  Church  upon  this  Western  Continent 


MORMONISM  EXPOSED.  79 

in  His  body,  after  His  resurrection,  as  the 
book  of  Mormon  claims  He  did,  and  chose 
twelve  apostles. 

I further  solemnly  declare  that  the  book 
of  Mormon  was  not  translated  by  the  gift 
and  power  of  God,  by  use  of  the  Instru- 
ment called  the  Urim  and  Thummim,  as  it 
claims,  but  rendered  in  our  modern  lan- 
guage by  the  means  mentioned  in  this 
book,  consequently  it  deserves  no  more 
consideration  of  being  divinely  inspired 
than  does  that  of  any  other  secular  history. 

Also,  that  Joseph  Smith  and  Brigham 
Young  were  not  prophets  of  the  Great 
Eternal  God ; farther,  that  Moroni  did  not 
write  the  last  part  of  the  book  relative  to 
the  establishment  of  Christ’s  Church,  cere- 
monies, etc.,  and  I call  upon  the  Lord  Jesus 
Christ  to  bear  witness  thereof.  Amen. 

(Signed) 

THOMAS  PHILIP  MARSHALL. 

May  the  Lord  open  the  eyes  of  every 
Mormon  and  all  who  seek  after  truth  as  it 
was,  is,  and  ever  shall  be,  for  God  is  truth, 
and  He  reveals  it  to  all  who  diligently  seek 
after  it,  and  all  who  obtain  it  are  free  from 
the  teachings  of  men  and  false  prophets 
who  would,  were  it  possible,  deceive  God’s 
own  elect.  Be  not  deceived,  not  everyone 
who  saith  I am  God’s  elect,  are  elected  by 
Him  as  such,  while  many  are  called,  few 
are  chosen  as  His  elect. 

In  John’s  revelation,  given  to  him  while 


80  MORMONISM  EXPOSED. 

a prisoner  on  the  Isle  of  Patmos,  he  saw 
the  books  opened  and  the  dead,  both  small 
and  great,  judged  according  to  the  things 
written  in  the  books.  The  Lamb’s  book 
of  - life  was  opened,  and  many  were  dis- 
appointed and  wondered  why  their  names 
were  not  written  therein,  so  many  a good 
Mormon  and  others  who  have  passed  away, 
who  led  Godly  lives  and  enjoyed  the  wor- 
ship of  God,  feared  Him  with  a Godly  fear, 
that  is,  love  for  Him  as  a kind  Father,  and 
afraid  of  doing  anything-  to  offend  Him, 
yet  when  the  books  are  opened  may  not 
find  their  names  as  they  expected,  written 
in  the  Lamb’s  book  of  Life. 

Let  us  not  rest  our  faith  upon  dead 
prophets,  especially  upon  false  ones,  and 
build  up  their  sepulchres,  neither  let  us  fool 
ourselves  with  the  belief  that  Mormoni  was 
the  angel  who  flew  in  the  midst  of  Heaven 
and  gave  the  everlasting  gospel  to  Joseph 
Smith,  who  was  no  prophet,  but  was  an 
adulterer,  fornicator  and  a suicide. 

Oh,  God ! May  this  book  fill  its  mission 
to  the  glory  and  honor  of  Thy  Holy  name, 
in  bringing  every  Mormon  and  all  others, 
who  name  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ,  Thine 
only  begotten  Son,  with  respect,  to  con- 
sider their  condition  before  Thee  and 
have  their  names  written  in  the  Lamb’s  book 
of  Life,  by  accepting  Him  and  following 
His  example  given,  is  the  earnest  prayer 
of  the  writer  in  the  name  of  Jesus  Christ. 
Amen.  T.  P.  MARSHALL. 


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